Where does “uima-asu” come from?

uima-asu (Finnish) comes from Finnish asu, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

uima-asu (Finnish): swimsuit

Definitions

  1. swimsuit

Ancestry of “uima-asu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasuattire, dress, suit, raiment; form, figure,...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish asu →