Where does “mätkäys” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mätkäys”, 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 →