Where does “matkakohde” come from?
matkakohde (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohde, from Finnish kohdata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
matkakohde (Finnish): travel destination
Ancestry of “matkakohde”, step by step
matkakohde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kohde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohde | target; bogey; attraction, sight |
| 2 | Finnish | kohdata | to meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish matka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matka | trip; journey; distance |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | matka | way, path; journey, trip; distance |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | mëtka | passage |