Where does “sekauintiviesti” come from?

sekauintiviesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekauinti, from Finnish uinti, from Finnish uida, from Proto-Finnic uidak, from Proto-Uralic uje-, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis — resin.

sekauintiviesti (Finnish): medley relay swimming

Definitions

  1. medley relay swimming

Ancestry of “sekauintiviesti”, step by step

sekauintiviesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sekauinti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekauintimedley
2Finnishuintiswimming
3Finnishuidato swim; to bathe
4Proto-Finnicuidakto swim
5Proto-Uralicuje-to swim
6Hungarian-szUsed to form the second-person singular present...
7Proto-Slavicthis
8Proto-Balto-Slavicśisthis here
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱísthis
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via Finnish viesti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviestimessage; relay, relay race; signal corps
2Russianвестьnews, piece of news, message; tidings; news;...
3Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwiduEvery word from Old High German kuti