Where does “avaruussää” come from?

avaruussää (Finnish) comes from Finnish avaruus, from Finnish avara, from Proto-Finnic avara, from Proto-Finnic -ra — Forms diminutive nouns.

avaruussää (Finnish): space weather

Definitions

  1. space weather

Ancestry of “avaruussää”, step by step

avaruussää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish avaruus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavaruusspace; spaciousness; expanse
2Finnishavaraspacious, roomy
3Proto-Finnicavaraample, spacious
4Proto-Finnic-raForms diminutive nouns

via Finnish sää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsääweather; you; fiber, thread, strand
2Proto-Finnicsääweather
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsäŋeair
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ra →Every word from Proto-Finnic avara →Every word from Finnish avara →