Where does “mestauslava” come from?
mestauslava (Finnish) comes from Finnish lava, from Proto-Finnic lava, from Proto-Baltic lā́ˀwāˀ.
mestauslava (Finnish): scaffold platform for executions
Definitions
- scaffold platform for executions
Ancestry of “mestauslava”, step by step
mestauslava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lava | bed; platform; stage |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | lava | sleeping place, bed |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | lā́ˀwāˀ | — |
via Finnish mestaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mestaus | decapitation, beheading |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |