Where does “pyykkilautavatsa” come from?

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

pyykkilautavatsa (Finnish): washboard abs

Definitions

  1. washboard abs

Ancestry of “pyykkilautavatsa”, step by step

pyykkilautavatsa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyykkilauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyykkilautawashboard
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 vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtáEvery word from Proto-Finnic lauta