Where does “mäkihyppy” come from?

mäkihyppy (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyppy, from Finnish hypätä, from Proto-Finnic hüp'äit'äk, from Proto-Germanic huppōną, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

mäkihyppy (Finnish): ski jumping

Definitions

  1. ski jumping

Ancestry of “mäkihyppy”, step by step

mäkihyppy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hyppy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyppyjump; leap; vault
2FinnishhypätäTo jump, leap
3Proto-Finnichüp'äit'äkto jump, to leap
4Proto-Germanichuppōnąto move up and down; hop
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewb-briar, thorn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

via Finnish Mäki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishMäkiAny of a number of small places in Finland
2Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
3Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
4Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
5Proto-Finno-Ugric-s—

Words derived from “mäkihyppy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb- →