Where does “lautasjää” come from?

lautasjää (Finnish) comes from Finnish lautanen, from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

lautasjää (Finnish): pancake ice

Definitions

  1. pancake ice

Ancestry of “lautasjää”, step by step

lautasjää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lautanen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlautanenplate; saucer; cymbal
2FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
3Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
4Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Finnish jää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjääice; rock; in the expression on the rocks =...
2Proto-Finnicjääice
3Proto-Uralicjäŋeice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →