Where does “sotilasilmailu” come from?

sotilasilmailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmailu, from Finnish ilmailla, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

sotilasilmailu (Finnish): military aviation

Definitions

  1. military aviation

Ancestry of “sotilasilmailu”, step by step

sotilasilmailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilmailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmailuaviation
2FinnishilmaillaTo aviate
3FinnishIlmaair
4Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
5Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
6Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
7Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish sotilas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsotilassoldier; pawn; jack, knave
2Finnish-lasForms nouns used to describe people; Forms...
3Finnish-läFront vowel variant of -la
4Finnish-asForms some adjectives; Forms some nouns
5Proto-Finnic-sForms nouns
6Proto-Finno-Ugric-s
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri