Where does “ruuanlaittotaito” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ruuanlaittotaito”, step by step

ruuanlaittotaito traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruuanlaitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuanlaitto—
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 “ruuanlaittotaito”

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