Where does “ilm-” come from?
ilm- (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmetä, from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
Ancestry of “ilm-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmetä | To appear, turn out; to become apparent; to arise |
| 2 | Finnish | ilmi | public, known, to the daylight, to the open;... |
| 3 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 4 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 6 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |