Where does “kosintamatka” come from?

kosintamatka (Finnish) comes from Finnish matka, from Proto-Finnic matka, from Proto-Uralic mëtka — passage.

kosintamatka (Finnish): a trip made to court a partner; a trip made for courtship

Definitions

  1. a trip made to court a partner; a trip made for courtship

Ancestry of “kosintamatka”, step by step

kosintamatka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage

via Finnish kosinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkosintaproposal of marriage
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →Every word from Proto-Finnic matka →Every word from Finnish matka →