Where does “laivalaituri” come from?

laivalaituri (Finnish) comes from Finnish laiva, from Proto-Finnic laiva, from Proto-Finnic lawja, from Proto-Germanic flawją, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

laivalaituri (Finnish): quay

Definitions

  1. quay

Ancestry of “laivalaituri”, step by step

laivalaituri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaivaship; nave
2Proto-Finniclaivaship
3Proto-Finniclawja—
4Proto-Germanicflawjąship, vessel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Finnish laituri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaiturilarge: pier, wharf, quay, dock, mole, landing;...
2Finnishlaitaedge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;...
3Finnish-mpiForms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives...
4Proto-Uralic-mpa—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →