Where does “veneenlaskupaikka” come from?
veneenlaskupaikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish veneenlasku, from Finnish lasku, from Votic laskõa, from Proto-Finnic laskedak, from Proto-Uralic laćke-.
veneenlaskupaikka (Finnish): slipway sloping surface for launching boats
Definitions
- slipway sloping surface for launching boats
Ancestry of “veneenlaskupaikka”, step by step
veneenlaskupaikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish veneenlasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | veneenlasku | launching a boat |
| 2 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 3 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |