Where does “vesihiihtäjä” come from?

vesihiihtäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hiihtäjä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

vesihiihtäjä (Finnish): water skier

Definitions

  1. water skier

Ancestry of “vesihiihtäjä”, step by step

vesihiihtäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hiihtäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhiihtäjäskier
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →