Where does “ilmoittaja” come from?
ilmoittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmoittaa, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
ilmoittaja (Finnish): informant
Definitions
- informant
Ancestry of “ilmoittaja”, step by step
ilmoittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilmoittaa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmoittaa | to report, in the sense of notifying; to... |
| 2 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 3 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 5 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |