Where does “mätkäistä” come from?

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

mätkäistä (Finnish): To slap

Definitions

  1. To slap

Ancestry of “mätkäistä”, step by step

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