Where does “muuttomatka” come from?
muuttomatka (Finnish) comes from Finnish matka, from Proto-Finnic matka, from Proto-Uralic mëtka — passage.
muuttomatka (Finnish): migration journey of birds, etc
Definitions
- migration journey of birds, etc
Ancestry of “muuttomatka”, step by step
muuttomatka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via Finnish muutto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muutto | move, relocation; migration |
| 2 | Finnish | muuttaa | to modify, change, alter; to transform,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ellä | Front vowel variant of -ella |