Where does “itsepalveluravintola” come from?

itsepalveluravintola (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravintola, from Finnish ravinto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

itsepalveluravintola (Finnish): self-service restaurant

Definitions

  1. self-service restaurant

Ancestry of “itsepalveluravintola”, step by step

itsepalveluravintola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ravintola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishravintolarestaurant
2Finnishravintonutrition, nourishment, nutriment; nutritional
3Finnish-ntö
4Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish itsepalvelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitsepalveluself-service
2Finnishpalveluservice
3Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
4Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
5Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ntö