Where does “Ilmatar” come from?

Ilmatar (Finnish) comes from Finnish -tär, from Finnish tytär, from Proto-Finnic tüt'är, from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...

Ilmatar (Finnish): An air spirit and the mother of Väinämöinen in the Kalevala

Definitions

  1. An air spirit and the mother of Väinämöinen in the Kalevala

Ancestry of “Ilmatar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-tärFront vowel variant of -tar
2Finnishtytärdaughter
3Proto-Finnictüt'ärdaughter
4Proto-Balto-Slavicduktḗdaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰugh₂tḗrdaughter
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewgʰ-to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ →