Where does “venelaituri” come from?

venelaituri (Finnish) comes from Finnish laituri, from Finnish laita, from Finnish -mpi, from Proto-Uralic -mpa.

venelaituri (Finnish): boat mooring, boat dock

Definitions

  1. boat mooring, boat dock

Ancestry of “venelaituri”, step by step

venelaituri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laituri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaiturilarge: pier, wharf, quay, dock, mole, landing;...
2Finnishlaitaedge, margin, border, verge, brink, side; brim;...
3Finnish-mpiForms comparative adjectives; Forms adjectives...
4Proto-Uralic-mpa—

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat
Every word from Proto-Uralic -mpa →Every word from Finnish -mpi →Every word from Finnish laita →