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Where does “potkulauta” come from?

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

potkulauta (Finnish): kick scooter, foot-operated scooter

Definitions

  1. kick scooter, foot-operated scooter

Ancestry of “potkulauta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
2Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
3Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
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