Where does “heitto” come from?

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

heitto (Finnish): throw, cast, shy; toss; shot

Definitions

  1. throw, cast, shy; toss; shot

Ancestry of “heitto”, step by step

heitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish heittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishheittääto throw, cast, hurl, toss
2Proto-Finnicheittädäkto throw
3Proto-Finnicšej-—
4Proto-Germanicsēja-/sēje—

via Finnish o

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisho—

Words derived from “heitto”

Every word from Proto-Germanic sēja-/sēje →Every word from Proto-Finnic šej- →Every word from Proto-Finnic heittädäk →