Where does “laivanisäntä” come from?

laivanisäntä (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.

laivanisäntä (Finnish): shipowner a person who owns, and often also manages, a ship; one of the shareholders of a ship-owning company

Definitions

  1. shipowner a person who owns, and often also manages, a ship; one of the shareholders of a ship-owning company

Ancestry of “laivanisäntä”, step by step

laivanisäntä 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 isäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisäntämaster; householder; host
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →