Where does “matkailunähtävyys” come from?

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

matkailunähtävyys (Finnish): tourist attraction

Definitions

  1. tourist attraction

Ancestry of “matkailunähtävyys”, step by step

matkailunähtävyys 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 nähtävyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnähtävyysAn attraction
2FinnishnähtäväPresent passive participle of nähdä
3Finnishnähdäto see; to see, meet; to regard, have an outlook...
4Proto-Finnicnäktäkto see
5Proto-Uralicnäke-to see
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →Every word from Proto-Finnic matka →Every word from Finnish matka →