Where does “kahluupaikka” come from?

kahluupaikka (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.

kahluupaikka (Finnish): ford, drift

Definitions

  1. ford, drift

Ancestry of “kahluupaikka”, step by step

kahluupaikka 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 paikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaikkaplace, location, spot, site; area, region,...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*paikka—
3Proto-Germanicspaikǭspoke
4Proto-Indo-Europeanspēy-to stretch; thrive; succeed
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →