Where does “laivaus” come from?

laivaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish laivata, from Finnish laiva, from Proto-Finnic laiva, from Proto-Finnic lawja, from Proto-Germanic flawją, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

laivaus (Finnish): shipping transporting by ship

Definitions

  1. shipping transporting by ship

Ancestry of “laivaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaivatato ship, to transport using a ship
2Finnishlaivaship; nave
3Proto-Finniclaivaship
4Proto-Finniclawja—
5Proto-Germanicflawjąship, vessel
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “laivaus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →