Where does “matkailuala” come from?

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

matkailuala (Finnish): tourism, travel industry, travel business

Definitions

  1. tourism, travel industry, travel business

Ancestry of “matkailuala”, step by step

matkailuala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish matkailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkailutravel; tourism
2FinnishmatkaillaTo travel
3FinnishmatkataTo travel
4Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
5Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
6Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →Every word from Proto-Finnic matka →Every word from Finnish matka →