Where does “matkavalmis” come from?

matkavalmis (Finnish) comes from Finnish matka, from Proto-Finnic matka, from Proto-Uralic mëtka — passage.

matkavalmis (Finnish): ready for travel

Definitions

  1. ready for travel

Ancestry of “matkavalmis”, step by step

matkavalmis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish matka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatkatrip; journey; distance
2Proto-Finnicmatkaway, path; journey, trip; distance
3Proto-Uralicmëtkapassage

via Finnish valmis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvalmiscompleted, finished; ready, poised, set up;...
2Proto-Finnicvalmisfinished, completed; ready
Every word from Proto-Uralic mëtka →
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