Where does “ilmapuntari” come from?

ilmapuntari (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilma, from Proto-Finnic ilma, from Proto-Uralic ilma — sky, heaven; ? weather; ? god.

ilmapuntari (Finnish): barometer

Definitions

  1. barometer

Ancestry of “ilmapuntari”, step by step

ilmapuntari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmaair; weather
2Proto-Finnicilmaair; sky; weather
3Proto-Uralicilmasky, heaven; ? weather; ? god

via Finnish puntari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuntarihandheld balance scale; steelyard balance
2Old Swedishpundari—

Words derived from “ilmapuntari”

Every word from Proto-Uralic ilma →Every word from Proto-Finnic ilma →Every word from Finnish ilma →