Where does “murskauslaitos” come from?

murskauslaitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish laitos, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

murskauslaitos (Finnish): crushing plant

Definitions

  1. crushing plant

Ancestry of “murskauslaitos”, step by step

murskauslaitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laitos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaitosinstitution; faculty; facility
2Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
3Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
4Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish murskaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmurskauscrush, crushing
2FinnishmurskataTo crush, smash, shatter, pulverize; To grind; To...
3Finnishtäwhat
4FinnishmitäPartitive singular form of mikä; Partitive...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic laittadak →