Where does “ujumalasti” come from?
ujumalasti (Ingrian) comes from Ingrian uijua, from Proto-Finnic ujudak, 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.
ujumalasti (Ingrian): swimming flipper
Definitions
- swimming flipper
Ancestry of “ujumalasti”, step by step
ujumalasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ingrian uijua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | uijua | to swim |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | ujudak | to swim |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | uidak | to swim |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | uje- | to swim |
| 5 | Hungarian | -sz | Used to form the second-person singular present... |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Finnish lästi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lästi | last |
| 2 | Swedish | läst | read; a shoe last; whence the adjective |
| 3 | Middle Low German | last | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | hladan | to load, to lade |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | hlaþan | to load |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hlaþaną | to load |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kleh₂- | to put; to lay out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kelh₂- | to beat; to break |