Where does “puulautanen” come from?

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

puulautanen (Finnish): wooden plate

Definitions

  1. wooden plate

Ancestry of “puulautanen”, step by step

puulautanen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lautanen

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

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →