Where does “ilmavasti” come from?

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

ilmavasti (Finnish): airily

Definitions

  1. airily

Ancestry of “ilmavasti”, step by step

ilmavasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilmava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmavafluffy, airy
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 sti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsti
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri
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