Where does “loppumatka” come from?

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

loppumatka (Finnish): the rest of the way, the rest of the journey

Definitions

  1. the rest of the way, the rest of the journey

Ancestry of “loppumatka”, step by step

loppumatka 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 loppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloppuend, ending, finish, conclusion; The End; the...
2Proto-Finnicloppuend, ending
3Proto-Finnicloppi(inside) corner
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