Where does “ilmajohto” come from?

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

ilmajohto (Finnish): overhead line, overhead wire, overhead cable flexible electrical conductor suspended in the air

Definitions

  1. overhead line, overhead wire, overhead cable flexible electrical conductor suspended in the air

Ancestry of “ilmajohto”, step by step

ilmajohto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish johto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjohtocord, line, conductor; administration,...
2Finnishjohtaato lead, take, show someone the way to; to guide,...
3Proto-Finnicjohtadakto lead, to guide
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ri →