Where does “ilmatyhjiö” come from?

ilmatyhjiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyhjiö, from Finnish tyhjä, from Proto-Finnic tühjä, from Proto-Balto-Slavic tuskjas, from Proto-Indo-European tews-, from Proto-Indo-European tu- — to swell; bird-cry, shriek.

ilmatyhjiö (Finnish): air vacuum, a vacuum without air

Definitions

  1. air vacuum, a vacuum without air

Ancestry of “ilmatyhjiö”, step by step

ilmatyhjiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tyhjiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyhjiövacuum, void
2Finnishtyhjäempty; blank; void
3Proto-Finnictühjäempty
4Proto-Balto-Slavictuskjasempty
5Proto-Indo-Europeantews-to be empty; to drain; to be happy
6Proto-Indo-Europeantu-to swell; bird-cry, shriek

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 tu- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tews- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic tuskjas →