laravel/route/php question?

Hey/Hi,

I realize that this isn't a specific laravel channel, but -- here's the
question.

New to laravel, trying to track down how/where a statement in a file within
a test laravel works.

the test file
  resources/views/layout/app.blade.php
    the line..
      <a href="{{ route('properties') }}">PProperties</a>

 which then generates
      <a href="/">PProperties</a>

so in some function/method
       route('properties') ==>   "/"
 or
   route:get "properties" gets xferred to "/"

but, so far, I can't seem to track down where this might happen, or the
flow of the logic.

If anyone has any pointers, feel free to fire them to me!

thanks