Where does “ilmankuivaaja” come from?

ilmankuivaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuivaaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

ilmankuivaaja (Finnish): air dryer machine that dries air

Definitions

  1. air dryer machine that dries air

Ancestry of “ilmankuivaaja”, step by step

ilmankuivaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuivaaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuivaajadryer
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →
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