Where does “ilmatorjuntatuli” come from?

ilmatorjuntatuli (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmatorjunta, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

ilmatorjuntatuli (Finnish): anti-aircraft fire

Definitions

  1. anti-aircraft fire

Ancestry of “ilmatorjuntatuli”, step by step

ilmatorjuntatuli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilmatorjunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmatorjuntaair defense, air defence; As modifier in compound...
2FinnishIlmaair
3Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
4Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri