Where does “laiskanlinna” come from?

laiskanlinna (Finnish) comes from Finnish Linna, from Proto-Finnic litna — town, city; fortification, fortress.

laiskanlinna (Finnish): easy chair

Definitions

  1. easy chair

Ancestry of “laiskanlinna”, step by step

laiskanlinna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Linna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLinnacastle large fortified residential building
2Proto-Finniclitnatown, city; fortification, fortress

via Finnish läiskä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläiskäsplotch
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