Where does “laventaja” come from?

laventaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish laventaa, from Finnish lavea, from Proto-Finnic lakja — wide, broad.

laventaja (Finnish): the number or expression by which a fraction is expanded i.e. both its numerator and denominator is multiplied

Definitions

  1. the number or expression by which a fraction is expanded i.e. both its numerator and denominator is multiplied

Ancestry of “laventaja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaventaato widen
2Finnishlaveabroad
3Proto-Finniclakjawide, broad
Every word from Proto-Finnic lakja →Every word from Finnish lavea →Every word from Finnish laventaa →