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Sounds like German
plane - flying stuff
Lighter - fire stuff
Vehicle - driving stuff
lol ... I'm Indigenous Canadian and I speak my language Ojibway/Cree
This made me realize that the modern things we named with our old language sounds like what you describe
Aircraft -> kah-mee-nah-mee-kook .... 'the thing that flies'
Helicopter -> kah-kee-noo-kah-wah-nas-kee-pee-nik ... 'the thing that turns fast'