Where does “ujuja” come from?
ujuja (Estonian) comes from Estonian ujuma, from Proto-Finnic ujudak, from Proto-Finnic uidak, from Proto-Uralic uje-, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís — resin, gum; to say, speak.
ujuja (Estonian): swimmer
Ancestry of “ujuja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Estonian | ujuma | to swim |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ujudak | to swim |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | uidak | to swim |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | uje- | to swim |
| 5 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | — |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |