Where does “matkailuelinkeino” come from?

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

matkailuelinkeino (Finnish): tourism activity, business or activity related to the tourist industry

Definitions

  1. tourism activity, business or activity related to the tourist industry

Ancestry of “matkailuelinkeino”, step by step

matkailuelinkeino 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 elinkeino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinkeinolivelihood, living; trade, business
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →Every word from Proto-Finnic matka →Every word from Finnish matka →