Where does “suihkari” come from?

suihkari (Finnish) comes from Finnish suihku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

suihkari (Finnish): jet plane, jet

Definitions

  1. jet plane, jet

Ancestry of “suihkari”, step by step

suihkari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suihku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuihkushower; jet; spray
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish Ari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAri—
2Latinadrianus—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish suihku →