Where does “laivasatama” come from?

laivasatama (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.

laivasatama (Finnish): shipping port, shipping terminal

Definitions

  1. shipping port, shipping terminal

Ancestry of “laivasatama”, step by step

laivasatama 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 satama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsatamaharbour, port, haven; port authority; Agent...
2Proto-Finnicsatamaharbor, haven
3Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →