Where does “huokosilma” come from?

huokosilma (Finnish) comes from Finnish huokonen, from Finnish -onen, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

huokosilma (Finnish): pore air, e.g. pore air in soil, soil air

Definitions

  1. pore air, e.g. pore air in soil, soil air

Ancestry of “huokosilma”, step by step

huokosilma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish huokonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuokonenpore
2Finnish-onen
3Finnish-nenForms diminutives nouns or terms expressing...
4Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
5Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
6Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish Ilma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishIlmaair
2Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
3Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ucEvery word from Finnish -inenEvery word from Finnish -uus
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