Where does “lennonvarmentaja” come from?
lennonvarmentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.
Ancestry of “lennonvarmentaja”, step by step
lennonvarmentaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lento | flying, flight; flight; lento |
| 2 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 3 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 4 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 5 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |
via Finnish varmentaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | varmentaja | confirmer, one who confirms |
| 2 | Finnish | varmentaa | to confirm; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | Varma | sure, certain |
| 4 | Finnish | varma | sure, certain; sure, confident |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | varma | strong, sturdy |