Where does “kahluusaapas” come from?

kahluusaapas (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.

kahluusaapas (Finnish): wader

Definitions

  1. wader

Ancestry of “kahluusaapas”, step by step

kahluusaapas 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 saapas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsaapasboot
2Old East Slavicсапогъ—
3Proto-Slavicsapogъ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →Every word from Finnish -uu →