Where does “suuntimisasema” come from?

suuntimisasema (Finnish) comes from Finnish suuntiminen, from Finnish suuntia, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

suuntimisasema (Finnish): direction finding station

Definitions

  1. direction finding station

Ancestry of “suuntimisasema”, step by step

suuntimisasema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suuntiminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntiminen
2Finnishsuuntiato take the bearings; Partitive plural form of...
3FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
4Finnishjaand; AND
5Proto-Finnicjaand
6Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
7Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
8Proto-Germanic-hwe
9Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish asema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasemastate, position, situation; status; station
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw