Where does “pumppulaitos” come from?

pumppulaitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish laitos, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

pumppulaitos (Finnish): pump station

Definitions

  1. pump station

Ancestry of “pumppulaitos”, step by step

pumppulaitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laitos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaitosinstitution; faculty; facility
2Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
3Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
4Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish pumppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpumppupump; heart
2Swedishpumpa pump
3GermanPumpepump; heart
4Middle Low Germanpumpepump; a pump
5Middle Dutchpompedevice for raising water, pump; pipe, water...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →
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