Where does “kimpilauta” come from?

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

kimpilauta (Finnish): stave board, clapboard (used to make wooden containers)

Definitions

  1. stave board, clapboard (used to make wooden containers)

Ancestry of “kimpilauta”, step by step

kimpilauta 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 kimpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkimpistave
2Middle Low Germankimmeedge; horizon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →