Where does “elintarvikehuoneisto” come from?

elintarvikehuoneisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish elintarvike, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

elintarvikehuoneisto (Finnish): food premises; an area in which foodstuffs are either produced or consumed

Definitions

  1. food premises; an area in which foodstuffs are either produced or consumed

Ancestry of “elintarvikehuoneisto”, step by step

elintarvikehuoneisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elintarvike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelintarvikegroceries; foodstuff
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish huoneisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhuoneistoapartment, flat
2Finnishhuoneroom; house; house, hall
3Proto-Finnichoonehbuilding; room
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma