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Where does “lainelautailla” come from?

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

lainelautailla (Finnish): to surf

Definitions

  1. to surf

Ancestry of “lainelautailla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlainelautasurfboard
2FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
3Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
4Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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