Where does “laite” come from?

laite (Finnish) comes from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

laite (Finnish): apparatus, device; ride

Definitions

  1. apparatus, device; ride

Ancestry of “laite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
2Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
3Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “laite”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →