Where does “lastenloru” come from?

lastenloru (Finnish) comes from Finnish lapsi, from Proto-Finnic lapci, from Proto-Uralic lëpće — cradle.

lastenloru (Finnish): nursery rhyme

Definitions

  1. nursery rhyme

Ancestry of “lastenloru”, step by step

lastenloru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle

via Finnish loru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlorushort rhyme, e.g. nursery rhyme
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic lëpće →Every word from Proto-Finnic lapci →Every word from Finnish lapsi →