Where does “õhusõiduk” come from?

õhusõiduk (Estonian) comes from Estonian sõiduk, from Estonian -k, from Proto-Finnic -kkei.

õhusõiduk (Estonian): aircraft

Definitions

  1. aircraft

Ancestry of “õhusõiduk”, step by step

õhusõiduk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian sõiduk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansõidukvehicle
2Estonian-kDerives nouns from verbs, or sometimes from other...
3Proto-Finnic-kkei—

via Estonian õhk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianõhkair
2Finnishhehkuglow
Every word from Proto-Finnic -kkei →Every word from Estonian -k →Every word from Estonian sõiduk →