Where does “liikennelentäjä” come from?

liikennelentäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish liikenne, from Finnish -nne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

liikennelentäjä (Finnish): commercial pilot

Definitions

  1. commercial pilot

Ancestry of “liikennelentäjä”, step by step

liikennelentäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liikenne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikennetraffic; a trip taken somewhere else
2Finnish-nneThe possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used...
3Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
4Finnishhartiashoulder
5Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
6Greekχαρτίpaper
7Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
8Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
9Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish lentäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentäjäpilot, aviator, airman; flyer
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
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης