Where does “korkealentoinen” come from?

korkealentoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish korkea, from Proto-Finnic korkeda — tall, high.

korkealentoinen (Finnish): high-flying, grandiloquent, bombastic

Definitions

  1. high-flying, grandiloquent, bombastic

Ancestry of “korkealentoinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkorkeahigh; tall, high
2Proto-Finnickorkedatall, high
Every word from Proto-Finnic korkeda →Every word from Finnish korkea →