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Where does “purjelautailla” come from?

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

purjelautailla (Finnish): to windsurf

Definitions

  1. to windsurf

Ancestry of “purjelautailla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurjelautasailboard
2FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
3Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
4Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “purjelautailla”

  • purjelautailija
  • purjelautailu
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →