Where does “uimalakki” come from?

uimalakki (Finnish) comes from Finnish uima-, from Finnish -mä — Front vowel variant of -ma.

uimalakki (Finnish): swim cap, bathing cap

Definitions

  1. swim cap, bathing cap

Ancestry of “uimalakki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuima-swim, swimming
2Finnish-mäFront vowel variant of -ma
Every word from Finnish -mä →Every word from Finnish uima- →