Where does “laivanisännistö” come from?

laivanisännistö (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.

laivanisännistö (Finnish): shipowner, company a company or legal entity that owns, and often also manages, a ship, often on behalf of its shareholders, with responsibility proportional to their stake

Definitions

  1. shipowner, company a company or legal entity that owns, and often also manages, a ship, often on behalf of its shareholders, with responsibility proportional to their stake

Ancestry of “laivanisännistö”, step by step

laivanisännistö 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 isännistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisännistöthe supreme board of a mutual savings bank
2Finnishisäntämaster; householder; host
3Finnishisäfather; Father
4Proto-Finnicicäfather
5Proto-Uralicićäfather

Words derived from “laivanisännistö”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →