Where does “vatsalauta” come from?

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

vatsalauta (Finnish): bodyboard, bellyboard

Definitions

  1. bodyboard, bellyboard

Ancestry of “vatsalauta”, step by step

vatsalauta 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 vatsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatsastomach
2Proto-Finnicvaccastomach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtá →Every word from Proto-Finnic lauta →