Where does “vapaauinti” come from?

vapaauinti (Finnish) comes from Finnish uinti, from Finnish uida, from Proto-Finnic uidak, from Proto-Uralic uje-, from Hungarian -sz, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís — resin, gum; to say, speak.

vapaauinti (Finnish): Freestyle swimming event

Definitions

  1. Freestyle swimming event

Ancestry of “vapaauinti”, step by step

vapaauinti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish uinti

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

via Finnish vapaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvapaafree; free, off; spare, free
2Finnishvapada
3Old East Slavicсвободьfree
4Proto-Slavicsvobodafreedom
5Proto-Slavic-oda
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-