Where does “ilmailu” come from?

ilmailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmailla, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

ilmailu (Finnish): aviation

Definitions

  1. aviation

Ancestry of “ilmailu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishilmaillaTo aviate
2FinnishIlmaair
3Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
4Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

Words derived from “ilmailu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ri →