Where does “hiiviskelijä” come from?

hiiviskelijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiiviskellä, from Finnish hiipiä, from Finnish hiipata, from Finnish -ätä, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

hiiviskelijä (Finnish): A sneaker

Definitions

  1. A sneaker

Ancestry of “hiiviskelijä”, step by step

hiiviskelijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiiviskellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishhiiviskelläTo sneak, mouse; To tiptoe
2Finnishhiipiäto sneak; to tiptoe; to creep
3FinnishhiipataSynonym of hiippailla
4Finnish-ätäFront vowel variant of -ata
5Finnish-täFront vowel variant of -ta
6Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
7Proto-Uralic-täfrom

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 -tä →Every word from Finnish -ätä →Every word from Finnish -tä →