Where does “ponttilauta” come from?

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

ponttilauta (Finnish): tongue and groove board

Definitions

  1. tongue and groove board

Ancestry of “ponttilauta”, step by step

ponttilauta 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 pontti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishponttitongue and groove
2Swedishspontslat, tongue part of a board or plank which fits into a groove

Words derived from “ponttilauta”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →