Where does “laatutavara” come from?
laatutavara (Finnish) comes from Finnish laatu, from Russian лад, from Proto-Slavic ladъ — harmony, order.
laatutavara (Finnish): quality stuff, good stuff
Definitions
- quality stuff, good stuff
Ancestry of “laatutavara”, step by step
laatutavara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laatu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laatu | quality; sort, kind |
| 2 | Russian | лад | harmony, concord; manner, way; mode; fret |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | ladъ | harmony, order |
via Finnish tavara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavara | good, goods, ware, article; belongings, stuff;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |