Where does “lati” come from?

lati (Finnish) comes from Finnish ladata, from Swedish ladda, from Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic hlaþaną, from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- — to beat; to break.

lati (Finnish): lat former Latvian unit of currency

Definitions

  1. lat former Latvian unit of currency

Ancestry of “lati”, step by step

lati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ladata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishladatato load; to charge; to download
2Swedishladdato load; to charge
3Old Norsehlaðato load, to lade; to pile, to stack; to build...
4Proto-Germanichlaþanąto load
5Proto-Indo-Europeankleh₂-to put; to lay out
6Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₂-to beat; to break

via Latvian lats

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianlatslats monetary unit of Latvia between 1922 and 1940, and again between 1993 and 2013; replaced by the Euro on Jan. 1st, 2014
2LatvianLatvijaLatvia
3Latvianlatvisa Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian...
4Latvianlatuvis—
5LatvianLatuva—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kleh₂- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hlaþaną →