Where does “lawja” come from?

lawja (Proto-Finnic) comes from Proto-Germanic flawją, from Proto-Indo-European plew- — to fly, flow, run.

Ancestry of “lawja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicflawjąship, vessel
2Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run

Words derived from “lawja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European plew- →Every word from Proto-Germanic flawją →
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