Where does “ilmavoima” come from?
ilmavoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmavoima (Finnish): military force applied from the air; In plural,...
Definitions
- military force applied from the air; In plural,...
Ancestry of “ilmavoima”, step by step
ilmavoima 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 voima
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voima | power, strength, force, might; force; power |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | voima | power, strength, force, might |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |