Where does “lentosuunnistaja” come from?

lentosuunnistaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish suunnistaja, 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.

lentosuunnistaja (Finnish): aerial navigator, flight navigator

Definitions

  1. aerial navigator, flight navigator

Ancestry of “lentosuunnistaja”, step by step

lentosuunnistaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suunnistaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuunnistajaorienteer
2Finnishice
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 -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw