Where does “lomakylä” come from?

lomakylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish loma, from Proto-Finnic loma, from Proto-Finno-Permic loma — gap.

lomakylä (Finnish): holiday camp, holiday village, holiday resort

Definitions

  1. holiday camp, holiday village, holiday resort

Ancestry of “lomakylä”, step by step

lomakylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish loma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlomaholiday, vacation; furlough; gap
2Proto-Finniclomagap
3Proto-Finno-Permiclomagap

via Finnish kylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylävillage; Any private place, typically someone...
2Proto-Finno-Ugrickülädwelling
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