Where does “uittokanava” come from?
uittokanava (Finnish) comes from Finnish uitto, from Finnish uittaa, from Finnish uida, from Proto-Finnic uidak, from Proto-Uralic uje-, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis — resin.
uittokanava (Finnish): open canal on which something (usually timber) is rafted
Definitions
- open canal on which something (usually timber) is rafted
Ancestry of “uittokanava”, step by step
uittokanava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish uitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uitto | timber rafting |
| 2 | Finnish | uittaa | to make swim; to dip; To overflow or spill... |
| 3 | Finnish | uida | to swim; to bathe |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | uidak | to swim |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | uje- | to swim |
| 6 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Finnish kanava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanava | canal; channel; duct |
| 2 | Russian | кана́ва | ditch, gutter, drain, trench |
| 3 | Polish | kanał | channel, canal; feed |
| 4 | Italian | canale | channel; canal; conduit |
| 5 | Latin | canālis | a pipe, spout, channel, conduit |
| 6 | Latin | canna | A reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάννα | giant reed; reed mat |
| 8 | Akkadian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
| 9 | Sumerian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |