Where does “matkailupalvelu” come from?

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

matkailupalvelu (Finnish): tourism service

Definitions

  1. tourism service

Ancestry of “matkailupalvelu”, step by step

matkailupalvelu 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 palvelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalveluservice
2Finnishpalvellato serve; Adessive singular form of palvi
3Finnishpalvoato worship; to love ardently
4Proto-Finnicpalvodakto ask for
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →Every word from Proto-Finnic matka →Every word from Finnish matka →