Where does “kevytilmailu” come from?

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

kevytilmailu (Finnish): ultralight aviation

Definitions

  1. ultralight aviation

Ancestry of “kevytilmailu”, step by step

kevytilmailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilmailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmailuaviation
2FinnishilmaillaTo aviate
3FinnishIlmaair
4Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
5Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
6Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
7Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri
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