Where does “laskuvarjojoukot” come from?
laskuvarjojoukot (Finnish) comes from Finnish laskuvarjo, from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
laskuvarjojoukot (Finnish): paratroops
Definitions
- paratroops
Ancestry of “laskuvarjojoukot”, step by step
laskuvarjojoukot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laskuvarjo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laskuvarjo | parachute |
| 2 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 3 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |