Where does “ilmiantaja” come from?
ilmiantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmiantaa, from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmiantaja (Finnish): informer, informant person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity
Definitions
- informer, informant person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity
Ancestry of “ilmiantaja”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmiantaa | To inform, report |
| 2 | Finnish | ilmi | public, known, to the daylight, to the open;... |
| 3 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 4 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 6 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |