Where does “urheiluilmailu” come from?

urheiluilmailu (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.

urheiluilmailu (Finnish): sport aviation, air sports

Definitions

  1. sport aviation, air sports

Ancestry of “urheiluilmailu”, step by step

urheiluilmailu 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 urheilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishurheilusports, athletics; sport; sporting, sports
2Finnishurheillato participate in sport or sports; to exercise;...
3Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
6Proto-Uralic-le-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ri