Where does “eräretkeily” come from?

eräretkeily (Finnish) comes from Finnish erä, from Proto-Finnic erä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric erä — apart.

eräretkeily (Finnish): backpacking or trekking in the wilderness

Definitions

  1. backpacking or trekking in the wilderness

Ancestry of “eräretkeily”, step by step

eräretkeily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish erä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisheräbatch; lot; Short for maksuerä
2Proto-Finniceräapart, separate
3Proto-Finno-Ugriceräapart

via Finnish retkeily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkeilyhiking
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric erä →Every word from Proto-Finnic erä →Every word from Finnish erä →