Where does “laituritikkaat” come from?
laituritikkaat (Finnish) comes from Finnish laituri, from Finnish laita, from Finnish -mpi, from Proto-Uralic -mpa.
laituritikkaat (Finnish): dock ladder
Ancestry of “laituritikkaat”, step by step
laituritikkaat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laituri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laituri | large: pier, wharf, quay, dock, mole, landing;... |
| 2 | Finnish | laita | edge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -mpi | Forms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -mpa | — |
via Finnish tikkaat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tikkaat | ladder; Second-person singular indicative present... |
| 2 | Finnish | tikas | ladder; rung of a ladder |
| 3 | Old Swedish | stighi | — |