Where does “kiikkulauta” come from?

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

kiikkulauta (Finnish): seesaw, teeter-totter

Definitions

  1. seesaw, teeter-totter

Ancestry of “kiikkulauta”, step by step

kiikkulauta 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 kiikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiikkuseesaw, teeter-totter, teeterboard
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →