Where does “vuodonilmaisin” come from?
vuodonilmaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmaisin, from Finnish ilmaista, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
vuodonilmaisin (Finnish): leak detector, leak finder
Definitions
- leak detector, leak finder
Ancestry of “vuodonilmaisin”, step by step
vuodonilmaisin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilmaisin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmaisin | detector, sensor; demodulator, decoder; indicator |
| 2 | Finnish | ilmaista | to express; to denote; to indicate, point out,... |
| 3 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 4 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 6 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |