Where does “laskuvarjourheilija” come from?
laskuvarjourheilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish urheilija, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
laskuvarjourheilija (Finnish): skydiver
Definitions
- skydiver
Ancestry of “laskuvarjourheilija”, step by step
laskuvarjourheilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish urheilija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | urheilija | A sportsman or sportswoman |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish laskuvarjo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laskuvarjo | parachute |
| 2 | Finnish | lasku | descent, an instance of descending, sliding down... |
| 3 | Votic | laskõa | to let go, let loose, release |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | laskedak | to drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | laćke- | — |