Where does “kranaattiampumalaite” come from?

kranaattiampumalaite (Finnish) comes from Finnish ampumalaite, from Finnish laite, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

kranaattiampumalaite (Finnish): grenade launcher device attached to a military rifle, used for firing grenades

Definitions

  1. grenade launcher device attached to a military rifle, used for firing grenades

Ancestry of “kranaattiampumalaite”, step by step

kranaattiampumalaite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ampumalaite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishampumalaitefiring device
2Finnishlaiteapparatus, device; ride
3Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
4Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish kranaatti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkranaattigrenade, hand grenade; shell
2Swedishgranata pomegranate; a garnet, a group of minerals with...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic laittadak →