Where does “selkälauta” come from?

selkälauta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauta, from Proto-Finnic lauta, from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

selkälauta (Finnish): taffrail

Definitions

  1. taffrail

Ancestry of “selkälauta”, step by step

selkälauta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlautaA board; An element in many compound words, where...
2Proto-Finniclautaboard, plank; table
3Proto-Baltic*plauˀtá—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

via Finnish selkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishselkäback; ridge, spine; watershed area
2Proto-Finnicselkäback; ridge
3Proto-Finno-Permicśelkä—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →