Where does “roikkulaukaus” come from?
roikkulaukaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish laukaus, from Finnish -aus, from Finnish -ähtää, from Proto-Finnic -ahtadak, from Proto-Uralic -ašta-.
Ancestry of “roikkulaukaus”, step by step
roikkulaukaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laukaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laukaus | gunshot; shot |
| 2 | Finnish | -aus | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -ähtää | Front vowel variant of -ahtaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ahtadak | Forms momentane verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ašta- | — |
via Finnish roikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | roikku | lob pass or stroke which arches somewhat high into the air |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |