Where does “ilmahyökkäys” come from?
ilmahyökkäys (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmahyökkäys (Finnish): airstrike, air attack
Ancestry of “ilmahyökkäys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | Ilma | — |
| 2 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 4 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |