Where does “ilmajaam” come from?

ilmajaam (Estonian) comes from Estonian ilm, from Proto-Finnic ilma, from Proto-Uralic ilma — sky, heaven; ? weather; ? god.

ilmajaam (Estonian): weather station

Definitions

  1. weather station

Ancestry of “ilmajaam”, step by step

ilmajaam traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ilm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianilmweather; world
2Proto-Finnicilmaair; sky; weather
3Proto-Uralicilmasky, heaven; ? weather; ? god

via Proto-Mon-Khmer jaam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Mon-Khmerjaamto weep, to cry; Compare Korku "jaːm"
2Russianямmail staging post; genitive plural of я́ма
Every word from Proto-Uralic ilma →Every word from Proto-Finnic ilma →Every word from Estonian ilm →