Where does “karkumatka” come from?
karkumatka (Finnish) comes from Finnish matka, from Proto-Finnic matka, from Proto-Uralic mëtka — passage.
karkumatka (Finnish): flight, run, escape
Definitions
- flight, run, escape
Ancestry of “karkumatka”, step by step
karkumatka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish matka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matka | trip; journey; distance |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | matka | way, path; journey, trip; distance |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | mëtka | passage |
via Finnish karku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karku | flight, escape mostly used in the illative, inessive and elative cases |