Where does “ilmahehku” come from?

ilmahehku (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilma, from Proto-Finnic ilma, from Proto-Uralic ilma — sky, heaven; ? weather; ? god.

ilmahehku (Finnish): airglow

Definitions

  1. airglow

Ancestry of “ilmahehku”, step by step

ilmahehku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmaair; weather
2Proto-Finnicilmaair; sky; weather
3Proto-Uralicilmasky, heaven; ? weather; ? god

via Finnish hehku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhehkuglow
Every word from Proto-Uralic ilma →Every word from Proto-Finnic ilma →Every word from Finnish ilma →