Where does “nurkkalauta” come from?

nurkkalauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

nurkkalauta (Finnish): corner board

Definitions

  1. corner board

Ancestry of “nurkkalauta”, step by step

nurkkalauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish nurkka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnurkkacorner
2Proto-Finnicnurkkacorner
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →