Where does “porolauma” come from?

porolauma (Finnish) comes from Finnish poro, from Proto-Finno-Permic počaw, from Proto-Indo-Iranian páću, from Proto-Indo-European péḱu, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

porolauma (Finnish): herd of reindeer

Definitions

  1. herd of reindeer

Ancestry of “porolauma”, step by step

porolauma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poro

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishporoA semi-domesticated reindeer of the subspecies...
2Proto-Finno-Permicpočaw—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianpáćulivestock, animal
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

via Finnish lauma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaumaherd; crowd, mob, flock; pod
2Finnish-ttainForms distributive adverbs; Forms adverbs...
3Finnish-ttaen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →