Where does “lentomatkustaja” come from?

lentomatkustaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish matkustaja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

lentomatkustaja (Finnish): airline passenger, air passenger

Definitions

  1. airline passenger, air passenger

Ancestry of “lentomatkustaja”, step by step

lentomatkustaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish matkustaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkustajapassenger; traveller; occupant
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish lento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentoflying, flight; flight; lento
2Italianlentoslow
3Spanishlentoslow
4Galician-ura-ness
5Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
6Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →