Where does “ilmasulku” come from?
ilmasulku (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmasulku (Finnish): airlock sealed, airtight chamber
Definitions
- airlock sealed, airtight chamber
Ancestry of “ilmasulku”, step by step
ilmasulku 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 sulku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sulku | bracket; blockade; lock |
| 2 | Finnish | sulkea | to close, shut; to turn off, to switch off |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sülkedäk | to spit |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śulke- | — |