Where does “funikulaari” come from?

funikulaari (Finnish) comes from French funiculaire, from French -aire, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

funikulaari (Finnish): funicular

Definitions

  1. funicular

Ancestry of “funikulaari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchfuniculairefunicular; funicular railway
2French-aire-ary; -aire
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from French -aire →