Where does “nuorisomaja” come from?

nuorisomaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoriso, from Finnish nuori, from Proto-Finnic noori — young.

nuorisomaja (Finnish): youth hostel

Definitions

  1. youth hostel

Ancestry of “nuorisomaja”, step by step

nuorisomaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuoriso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuorisoyouth
2Finnishnuoriyoung; a young person; youth
3Proto-Finnicnooriyoung

via Finnish maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajahut
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
Every word from Proto-Finnic noori →Every word from Finnish nuori →Every word from Finnish nuoriso →