Where does “laatata” come from?

laatata (Finnish) comes from Finnish laatta, from Old Swedish plata.

laatata (Finnish): To puke, to vomit

Definitions

  1. To puke, to vomit

Ancestry of “laatata”, step by step

laatata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laatta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaattaslab; tile; flagstone
2Old Swedishplata—

via Finnish tä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtäwhat
2FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
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