Where does “uittomies” come from?
uittomies (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.
uittomies (Finnish): log driver, riverman
Definitions
- log driver, riverman
Ancestry of “uittomies”, step by step
uittomies 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 |