Where does “vesilentokone” come from?

vesilentokone (Finnish) comes from Finnish lentokone, from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

vesilentokone (Finnish): seaplane

Definitions

  1. seaplane

Ancestry of “vesilentokone”, step by step

vesilentokone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lentokone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlentokoneairplane, aeroplane
2Finnishlentoflying, flight; flight; lento
3Italianlentoslow
4Spanishlentoslow
5Galician-ura-ness
6Latin-uraSuffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
7Latin-tūraing, -ure, -work

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl
Every word from Latin -tūraEvery word from Galician -uraEvery word from Spanish lento