Where does “rankalauta” come from?
rankalauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.
rankalauta (Finnish): spine board
Ancestry of “rankalauta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lauta | A board; An element in many compound words, where... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | lauta | board, plank; table |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | *plauˀtá | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |