Where does “säähavaintopallo” come from?

säähavaintopallo (Finnish) comes from Finnish säähavainto, from Finnish havainto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

säähavaintopallo (Finnish): weather balloon, sounding balloon

Definitions

  1. weather balloon, sounding balloon

Ancestry of “säähavaintopallo”, step by step

säähavaintopallo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish säähavainto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsäähavaintoweather observation
2Finnishhavaintoperception; observation
3Finnish-ntö
4Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish pallo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalloball; balloon; orb, sphere, globe
2Proto-Germanicballôball
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ntö