Where does “laivurinkirja” come from?

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

laivurinkirja (Finnish): boatmaster's licence; a license/licence required to work as a skipper/shipmaster/boatmaster

Definitions

  1. boatmaster's licence; a license/licence required to work as a skipper/shipmaster/boatmaster

Ancestry of “laivurinkirja”, step by step

laivurinkirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laivuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaivuriskipper, shipmaster, boatmaster
2Finnishlaivaship; nave
3Proto-Finniclaivaship
4Proto-Finniclawja—
5Proto-Germanicflawjąship, vessel
6Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →Every word from Proto-Finnic lawja →