Where does “taitouimari” come from?

taitouimari (Finnish) comes from Finnish uimari, from Finnish uida, from Proto-Finnic uidak, from Proto-Uralic uje-, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís — resin, gum; to say, speak.

taitouimari (Finnish): synchronised swimmer

Definitions

  1. synchronised swimmer

Ancestry of “taitouimari”, step by step

taitouimari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uimari

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

via Finnish Taito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTaitoskill capacity to do something well, particularly one that is acquired or learned
2Finnishtaitoskill; art
3Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
5Proto-Uralic-w
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwidu