Where does “ruoanlaittotaito” come from?

ruoanlaittotaito (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruoanlaitto, from Finnish laitto, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

ruoanlaittotaito (Finnish): cooking skill

Definitions

  1. cooking skill

Ancestry of “ruoanlaittotaito”, step by step

ruoanlaittotaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruoanlaitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruoanlaittocooking preparing food
2Finnishlaittoputting, setting, placing
3Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
4Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w—

Words derived from “ruoanlaittotaito”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagjaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic laittadak →