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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

Definitions

  1. parachute

Ancestry of “laskuvarjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskudescent, an instance of descending, sliding down...
2Voticlaskõa—
3Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
4Proto-Uraliclaćke-—

Words derived from “laskuvarjo”

  • laskuvarjojääkäri
Every word from Proto-Uralic laćke- →