Where does “laivalyhty” come from?

laivalyhty (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.

laivalyhty (Finnish): ship lantern

Definitions

  1. ship lantern

Ancestry of “laivalyhty”, step by step

laivalyhty 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 lyhty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlyhtylantern; any plant of the genus Ceropegia; the...
2Swedishlyktaa lantern, a handheld lamp; bald face, a horse...
3Middle Low Germanluchte—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →
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