Where does “uittotyömies” come from?

uittotyömies (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.

Ancestry of “uittotyömies”, step by step

uittotyömies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishuittotimber rafting
2Finnishuittaato make swim; to dip; To overflow or spill...
3Finnishuidato swim; to bathe
4Proto-Finnicuidakto swim
5Proto-Uralicuje-to swim
6Hungarian-szUsed to form the second-person singular present...
7Proto-Slavicthis
8Proto-Balto-Slavicśisthis here
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱísthis
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
11Middle Englishkyt
12Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
13Old High Germankuti
14Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
15Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via Finnish työmies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyömiesa workman, laborer
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwiduEvery word from Old High German kuti