Where does “kahluuhousut” come from?

kahluuhousut (Finnish) comes from Finnish kahluu, from Finnish -uu, from Finnish -au, from Finnish -ao, from Proto-Finnic -ado, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

kahluuhousut (Finnish): chest waders

Definitions

  1. chest waders

Ancestry of “kahluuhousut”, step by step

kahluuhousut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kahluu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahluuwading, walking in water or other substance
2Finnish-uuForms nouns from verbs
3Finnish-au—
4Finnish-ao—
5Proto-Finnic-ado—
6Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
7Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish housut

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhousuttrousers, pants
2Old Swedishhosalegging, leg covering, hose
3Old Norsehosatrousers, stocking
4Proto-GermanichusǭAn outer covering; hull; shell; husk; case;...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)kewH-to cover, bedeck; cover
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →