Where does “lainelautailu” come from?
lainelautailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lainelautailla, from Finnish lainelauta, from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
lainelautailu (Finnish): surfing
Ancestry of “lainelautailu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lainelautailla | to surf |
| 2 | Finnish | lainelauta | surfboard |
| 3 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 5 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |