Where does “laivayhtiö” come from?

laivayhtiö (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.

laivayhtiö (Finnish): shipping company, shipping line

Definitions

  1. shipping company, shipping line

Ancestry of “laivayhtiö”, step by step

laivayhtiö 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 yhtiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyhtiöcompany, corporation
2Finnish-ioForms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms...
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →
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