Where does “hengitysilma” come from?

hengitysilma (Finnish) comes from Finnish hengitys, from Finnish hengittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

hengitysilma (Finnish): respiratory air

Definitions

  1. respiratory air

Ancestry of “hengitysilma”, step by step

hengitysilma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hengitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhengitysbreath, breathing
2Finnishhengittääto breathe
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish Ilma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishIlmaair
2Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa
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