Where does “leikkuulauta” come from?

leikkuulauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish leikkuu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

leikkuulauta (Finnish): breadboard; chopping board, cutting board

Definitions

  1. breadboard; chopping board, cutting board

Ancestry of “leikkuulauta”, step by step

leikkuulauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leikkuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkuucutting
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish lauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
2Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
3Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →