Where does “läävä” come from?
läävä (Finnish) comes from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe — fox.
läävä (Finnish): sheepfold, pen for sheep; barn, cowhouse; a...
Definitions
- sheepfold, pen for sheep; barn, cowhouse; a...
Ancestry of “läävä”, step by step
läävä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian lava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 2 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 3 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 4 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 5 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 6 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 7 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 9 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |
via Old East Slavic хлѣвъ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old East Slavic | хлѣвъ | — |