Where does “hiippailija” come from?

hiippailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiippailla, from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish hiipiä, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

hiippailija (Finnish): sneak, sneaker

Definitions

  1. sneak, sneaker

Ancestry of “hiippailija”, step by step

hiippailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiippailla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiippaillaTo sneak; To tiptoe
2FinnishhiipataSynonym of hiippailla
3Finnishhiipiäto sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
4Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →