Where does “ilmapurjehdus” come from?

ilmapurjehdus (Finnish) comes from Finnish purjehdus, from Finnish purjehtia, from Finnish purje, from Proto-Finnic purjeh, from Proto-Germanic buriz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

ilmapurjehdus (Finnish): sailplaning, sailing, gliding sailing in the air such as with a hot air balloon or glider

Definitions

  1. sailplaning, sailing, gliding sailing in the air such as with a hot air balloon or glider

Ancestry of “ilmapurjehdus”, step by step

ilmapurjehdus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purjehdus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurjehdussailing, sail, sailing trip; voyage, sail
2Finnishpurjehtiato sail
3Finnishpurjesail; rag, sheet
4Proto-Finnicpurjehsail
5Proto-Germanicburizmale offspring; son; elevation; hill; favourable...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

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 bʰēr-Every word from Proto-Germanic burizEvery word from Proto-Finnic purjeh