Where does “kalalauta” come from?

kalalauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

kalalauta (Finnish): fish cleaning board

Definitions

  1. fish cleaning board

Ancestry of “kalalauta”, step by step

kalalauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
2Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
3Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Finnish kala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalafish; fishing; seafood
2Proto-Finnickalafish
3Proto-Uralickäläfish
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →