Where does “pölkkylattia” come from?

pölkkylattia (Finnish) comes from Finnish lattia, from Proto-Germanic flatją, from Proto-Germanic flataz, from Proto-Indo-European plÁt-.

pölkkylattia (Finnish): end-grain floor, end-grain wooden floor

Definitions

  1. end-grain floor, end-grain wooden floor

Ancestry of “pölkkylattia”, step by step

pölkkylattia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lattia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlattiafloor
2Proto-Germanicflatjąa level surface; level ground; the floor of a...
3Proto-Germanicflatazflat
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanplÁt-—

via Finnish pölkky

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpölkkylog, stock, block of wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plÁt- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flataz →Every word from Proto-Germanic flatją →