Where does “matalasesonki” come from?

matalasesonki (Finnish) comes from Finnish matala, from Proto-Finnic matala, from Proto-Finnic -la — locative suffix.

matalasesonki (Finnish): low season, off-season

Definitions

  1. low season, off-season

Ancestry of “matalasesonki”, step by step

matalasesonki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish matala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatalalow; shallow
2Proto-Finnicmatalalow; shallow
3Proto-Finnic-lalocative suffix

via Finnish sesonki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsesonkiseason
2Swedishsäsonga season; a season of a TV series
Every word from Proto-Finnic -la →Every word from Proto-Finnic matala →Every word from Finnish matala →