Where does “ilmapatja” come from?
ilmapatja (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmapatja (Finnish): air mattress, air bed
Ancestry of “ilmapatja”, step by step
ilmapatja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Ilma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 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 |
via Finnish patja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | patja | mattress; stratum, layer of soil, air, water;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | patja | pillow, cushion; mattress |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | badją | bed; bedding |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēdʰ- | to bend, fold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰedʰ- | to bend, to press; to stab, dig; to dig |