Where does “skedetys” come from?
skedetys (Finnish) comes from Finnish skedettää, from Finnish skede, from Finnish skeittilauta, from English skateboard, from English board, from English boardrider, from English rider, from Middle English ridere — to fit, to fix, to put together.
skedetys (Finnish): skateboarding
Definitions
- skateboarding
Ancestry of “skedetys”, step by step
skedetys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish skedettää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | skedettää | to skate, skateboard to ride a skateboard |
| 2 | Finnish | skede | skateboard |
| 3 | Finnish | skeittilauta | skateboard |
| 4 | English | skateboard | A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on... |
| 5 | English | board | A relatively long, wide and thin piece of any... |
| 6 | English | boardrider | surfer |
| 7 | English | rider | One who rides, often on a horse or a motorcycle;... |
| 8 | Middle English | ridere | Alternative form of ryder |
| 9 | Middle English | ryder | A rider or equestrian; one who rides a horse; A... |
| 10 | Old English | rīdere | rider, knight |
| 11 | Old English | rīdan | to ride |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | rīdan | to ride |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | rīdaną | to ride |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | rēydʰ- | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |