Where does “ilmehtiä” come from?
ilmehtiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilme, from Finnish ilm-, from Finnish ilmetä, from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i — oblique plural.
ilmehtiä (Finnish): to make faces, make a face, pull a face
Definitions
- to make faces, make a face, pull a face
Ancestry of “ilmehtiä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilme | facial expression, look, mien, appearance,... |
| 2 | Finnish | ilm- | — |
| 3 | Finnish | ilmetä | To appear, turn out; to become apparent; to arise |
| 4 | Finnish | ilmi | public, known, to the daylight, to the open;... |
| 5 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 6 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 7 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 8 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |