Where does “laivareitti” come from?

laivareitti (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.

laivareitti (Finnish): shipping route, sea lane, seaway

Definitions

  1. shipping route, sea lane, seaway

Ancestry of “laivareitti”, step by step

laivareitti 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 reitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreittiroute
2Old Norsereitrmarked-out space; square; marked-out space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →