Where does “suihkukone” come from?

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

suihkukone (Finnish): jet, jet plane, jet aircraft

Definitions

  1. jet, jet plane, jet aircraft

Ancestry of “suihkukone”, step by step

suihkukone 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 kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish suihku →