Where does “mätkähdys” come from?

mätkähdys (Finnish) comes from Finnish mätkähtää, from Finnish matkata, from Finnish matka, from Proto-Finnic matka, from Proto-Uralic mëtka — passage.

mätkähdys (Finnish): thudding making a thudding sound

Definitions

  1. thudding making a thudding sound

Ancestry of “mätkähdys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmätkähtääto thud
2FinnishmatkataTo travel
3Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
4Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
5Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →Every word from Proto-Finnic matka →Every word from Finnish matka →