Where does “ilmaontelo” come from?
ilmaontelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish ontelo, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
ilmaontelo (Finnish): air cavity
Ancestry of “ilmaontelo”, step by step
ilmaontelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ontelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ontelo | cavity; sinus; coelenteron |
| 2 | Finnish | -lö | Front vowel variant of -lo |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish Ilma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |