Where does “uimalasit” come from?

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

uimalasit (Finnish): swimming goggles

Definitions

  1. swimming goggles

Ancestry of “uimalasit”, step by step

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