Where does “puulastain” come from?
puulastain (Finnish) comes from Finnish lastain, from Finnish lastata, from Swedish lasta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa.
puulastain (Finnish): wooden spatula e.g. used as a tongue depressor
Definitions
- wooden spatula e.g. used as a tongue depressor
Ancestry of “puulastain”, step by step
puulastain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lastain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lastain | spatula |
| 2 | Finnish | lastata | To load, lade |
| 3 | Swedish | lasta | to load; to put a load on something; to fill with... |
| 4 | Swedish | a | from |
| 5 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 6 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 7 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 8 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 9 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |