Where does “lauttasilta” come from?

lauttasilta (Finnish) comes from Finnish siltä, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.

lauttasilta (Finnish): pontoon bridge, floating bridge

Definitions

  1. pontoon bridge, floating bridge

Ancestry of “lauttasilta”, step by step

lauttasilta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish siltä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsiltäAblative singular form of se
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

via Finnish lautta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlauttaraft; ferry
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*lautta—
3Proto-Germaniclautō—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s →Every word from Finnish -lä →Every word from Finnish -as →