Where does “laskuvarjo” come from?
laskuvarjo (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
laskuvarjo (Finnish): parachute
Ancestry of “laskuvarjo”, step by step
laskuvarjo 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 varjo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | varjo | shade; shadow; umbrella, as a short form of... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | varjo | shadow, shade; protection |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | warjǭ | — |
Words derived from “laskuvarjo”