laiva

Finnish

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Definitions
  • ship
  • (architecture) nave

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Finnic *laiva derived from Proto-Germanic *flawją (vessel, ship) root from Proto-Indo-European *plew- (flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*plew-

Gloss

flow, wash, run, fly, pour, pluck

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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