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
laskulauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 2 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |
via Finnish lauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |