Where does “lautakasa” come from?
lautakasa (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
lautakasa (Finnish): A pile of planks
Ancestry of “lautakasa”, step by step
lautakasa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via Finnish kasa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasa | heap; pile; stack |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kasa | pile |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | kasô | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kas- | to throw; bring up; toss |