Where does “mateluvauhti” come from?

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

mateluvauhti (Finnish): crawl very slow pace

Definitions

  1. crawl very slow pace

Ancestry of “mateluvauhti”, step by step

mateluvauhti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish matelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatelucrawling
2FinnishmadellaTo creep, worm; To move very slowly
3FinnishmätääPartitive singular form of mätä
4Proto-Finnicmatadakto creep

via Finnish vauhti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauhtispeed, velocity, pace; momentum; speed
Every word from Proto-Finnic matadak →Every word from Finnish mätää →Every word from Finnish madella →