Where does “raittiuslautakunta” come from?
raittiuslautakunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lautakunta, from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
raittiuslautakunta (Finnish): A municipal board for promotion of temperance
Definitions
- A municipal board for promotion of temperance
Ancestry of “raittiuslautakunta”, step by step
raittiuslautakunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lautakunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lautakunta | In municipal government, a committee appointed by... |
| 2 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 4 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |