Where does “laota” come from?

laota (Finnish) comes from Finnish lako, from Proto-Finnic lako, from Proto-Germanic lagą, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

laota (Finnish): to fall down en masse, lodge

Definitions

  1. to fall down en masse, lodge

Ancestry of “laota”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakolodging
2Proto-Finniclakolodging (condition of a plant being flattened in the field)
3Proto-Germaniclagąsituation; law
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

Words derived from “laota”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagą →Every word from Proto-Finnic lako →