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
Ancestry of “kahluusaapas”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kahluu | wading, walking in water or other substance |
| 2 | Finnish | -uu | Forms nouns from verbs |
| 3 | Finnish | -au | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -ao | — |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ado | — |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -o | — |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |