Where does “laitamyötäinen” come from?

laitamyötäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish myötäinen, from Finnish myötä, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

laitamyötäinen (Finnish): broad reach point of sail where the wind is blowing at an angle from astern

Definitions

  1. broad reach point of sail where the wind is blowing at an angle from astern

Ancestry of “laitamyötäinen”, step by step

laitamyötäinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish myötäinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmyötäinenfair, following
2Finnishmyötäfor; along
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish laita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaitaedge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;...
2Finnish-mpiForms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives...
3Proto-Uralic-mpa—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish myötä →