Where does “verholauta” come from?

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

verholauta (Finnish): pelmet board that covers the curtain mechanism

Definitions

  1. pelmet board that covers the curtain mechanism

Ancestry of “verholauta”, step by step

verholauta 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 verho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverhocurtain; window blind
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew-Every word from Proto-Baltic *plauˀtáEvery word from Proto-Finnic lauta
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