Where does “uija” come from?
uija (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
uija (Finnish): A swimmer
Definitions
- A swimmer
Ancestry of “uija”, step by step
uija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uida
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uida | to swim; to bathe |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | uidak | to swim |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | uje- | to swim |
| 4 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |