Where does “ilmaräjähdys” come from?
ilmaräjähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmaräjähdys (Finnish): airburst explosion
Ancestry of “ilmaräjähdys”, step by step
ilmaräjähdys 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 räjähdys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | räjähdys | explosion |
| 2 | Finnish | räjähtää | to explode, burst, blow up; to detonate; to blow... |