Where does “joukkoruokailu” come from?

joukkoruokailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruokailu, from Finnish ruokailla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

joukkoruokailu (Finnish): mass catering, communal catering

Definitions

  1. mass catering, communal catering

Ancestry of “joukkoruokailu”, step by step

joukkoruokailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruokailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokailueating, dining the act of eating food
2Finnishruokaillato have one's meal, to eat
3Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
6Proto-Uralic-le-—

via Finnish joukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoukkogroup, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one
2Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
3Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -illa →Every word from Finnish -ella →