Where does “pluslasku” come from?
pluslasku (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
pluslasku (Finnish): addition
Ancestry of “pluslasku”, step by step
pluslasku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 2 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |
via Finnish plus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | plus | plus |
| 2 | Latin | plūs | more; more of |
| 3 | Old Latin | plous | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ploh₁is- | — |