Where does “matkailukeskus” come from?

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

matkailukeskus (Finnish): tourist center

Definitions

  1. tourist center

Ancestry of “matkailukeskus”, step by step

matkailukeskus 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 keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →Every word from Proto-Finnic matka →Every word from Finnish matka →