Where does “laivasulku” come from?

laivasulku (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.

laivasulku (Finnish): ship lock in a canal

Definitions

  1. ship lock in a canal

Ancestry of “laivasulku”, step by step

laivasulku 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 sulku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulkubracket; blockade; lock
2Finnishsulkeato close, shut; to turn off, to switch off
3Proto-Finnicsülkedäkto spit
4Proto-Finno-Permicśulke-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →
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