Where does “ilmaveivi” come from?

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

ilmaveivi (Finnish): Michigan, high wrap, lacrosse move

Definitions

  1. Michigan, high wrap, lacrosse move

Ancestry of “ilmaveivi”, step by step

ilmaveivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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

via Finnish veivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveivicrank
2Swedishveiv—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ri →