Where does “purjelautailija” come from?
purjelautailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish purjelautailla, from Finnish purjelauta, from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
purjelautailija (Finnish): windsurfer
Definitions
- windsurfer
Ancestry of “purjelautailija”, step by step
purjelautailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish purjelautailla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | purjelautailla | to windsurf |
| 2 | Finnish | purjelauta | sailboard |
| 3 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 5 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |