Where does “matelu” come from?

matelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish madella, from Finnish mätää, from Proto-Finnic matadak — to creep.

matelu (Finnish): crawling

Definitions

  1. crawling

Ancestry of “matelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmadellaTo creep, worm; To move very slowly
2FinnishmätääPartitive singular form of mätä
3Proto-Finnicmatadakto creep

Words derived from “matelu”

Every word from Proto-Finnic matadak →Every word from Finnish mätää →Every word from Finnish madella →