Where does “laottaa” come from?

laottaa (Ingrian) comes from Finnish laota, from Finnish lako, from Proto-Finnic lako, from Proto-Germanic lagą, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

laottaa (Ingrian): to cause to scatter

Definitions

  1. to cause to scatter

Ancestry of “laottaa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaotato fall down en masse, lodge
2Finnishlakolodging
3Proto-Finniclakolodging (condition of a plant being flattened in the field)
4Proto-Germaniclagąsituation; law
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic lagą →Every word from Proto-Finnic lako →