Where does “matkaväsymys” come from?
matkaväsymys (Finnish) comes from Finnish väsymys, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.
matkaväsymys (Finnish): travel fatigue
Ancestry of “matkaväsymys”, step by step
matkaväsymys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish väsymys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väsymys | exhaustion, fatigue |
| 2 | Finnish | -mus | Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ma | Forms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |
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 |