Where does “laukaisukeskus” come from?
laukaisukeskus (Finnish) comes from Finnish laukaisu, from Finnish laukaista, from Finnish laueta, from Finnish -eta, from Proto-Finnic -nt'ak.
laukaisukeskus (Finnish): spaceport, cosmodrome
Ancestry of “laukaisukeskus”, step by step
laukaisukeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laukaisu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laukaisu | firing; launch |
| 2 | Finnish | laukaista | to fire; to launch; to trigger |
| 3 | Finnish | laueta | to go off; to relax; to ejaculate, to come |
| 4 | Finnish | -eta | Forms verbs from adjectives, meaning "to become "... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -nt'ak | — |
via Finnish keskus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keskus | centre/center |
| 2 | Finnish | Keski- | middle, central; average, mid-, medium |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keski | middle, center |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | keske | — |