Where does “lakosauma” come from?

lakosauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish sauma, from Proto-Norse saumaʀ, from Proto-Germanic saumaz, from Proto-Indo-European syuHmen-, from Proto-Indo-European siH-u-.

lakosauma (Finnish): bed joint horizontal joint between courses

Definitions

  1. bed joint horizontal joint between courses

Ancestry of “lakosauma”, step by step

lakosauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaumaseam; chance, window of opportunity
2Proto-Norsesaumaʀ—
3Proto-Germanicsaumazstitch, seam, hem, edge
4Proto-Indo-EuropeansyuHmen-band
5Proto-Indo-EuropeansiH-u-—

via Finnish lako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakolodging
2Proto-Finniclakolodging (condition of a plant being flattened in the field)
3Proto-Germaniclagąsituation; law
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European siH-u- →