Where does “laskulauta” come from?
laskulauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
laskulauta (Finnish): An abacus
Ancestry of “laskulauta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 2 | Votic | laskõa | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |