Where does “laivamatka” come from?

laivamatka (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.

laivamatka (Finnish): cruise a trip taken by ship

Definitions

  1. cruise a trip taken by ship

Ancestry of “laivamatka”, step by step

laivamatka 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 matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →