Where does “kahluujalka” come from?

kahluujalka (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.

kahluujalka (Finnish): wading foot

Definitions

  1. wading foot

Ancestry of “kahluujalka”, step by step

kahluujalka 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 jalka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjalkafoot; leg; the lower limb of a human
2Proto-Finnicjalkaleg; foot
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjalka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →