Where does “lakeus” come from?

lakeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lakea, from Proto-Finnic lakeda, from Proto-Germanic flakaz, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh — flat surface.

lakeus (Finnish): expanse

Definitions

  1. expanse

Ancestry of “lakeus”, step by step

lakeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lakea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakeawide; Partitive singular form of laki
2Proto-Finniclakedaflat
3Proto-Germanicflakazflat
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥kehflat surface

via Finnish uus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishuusAlternative form of uusi
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥keh →Every word from Proto-Germanic flakaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic lakeda →