Where does “laivapikajuna” come from?

laivapikajuna (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.

laivapikajuna (Finnish): an express train that connects passengers onto a cruise ship

Definitions

  1. an express train that connects passengers onto a cruise ship

Ancestry of “laivapikajuna”, step by step

laivapikajuna 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 pikajuna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishpikajunaAn express train
2Finnishpika-quick, fast, express, instant; summary
3Proto-Finnicpikaquick, speedy
4Proto-Germanicfikaz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →