Where does “heitehuimaus” come from?

heitehuimaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish heite, from Finnish heittää, from Proto-Finnic heittädäk, from Proto-Finnic šej-, from Proto-Germanic sēja-/sēje.

heitehuimaus (Finnish): dizziness when walking

Definitions

  1. dizziness when walking

Ancestry of “heitehuimaus”, step by step

heitehuimaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish heite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheiteejecta; grenade
2Finnishheittääto throw, cast, hurl, toss
3Proto-Finnicheittädäkto throw
4Proto-Finnicšej-
5Proto-Germanicsēja-/sēje

via Finnish huimaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuimausdizziness, vertigo
2FinnishhuimataTo make someone dizzy; "partitive + " 3rd-pers....
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Germanic sēja-/sējeEvery word from Proto-Finnic šej-Every word from Proto-Finnic heittädäk