Where does “ravintola-ala” come from?

ravintola-ala (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravintola, from Finnish ravinto, from Finnish -ntö, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

ravintola-ala (Finnish): restaurant industry, restaurant business, restaurant sector

Definitions

  1. restaurant industry, restaurant business, restaurant sector

Ancestry of “ravintola-ala”, step by step

ravintola-ala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ravintola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishravintolarestaurant
2Finnishravintonutrition, nourishment, nutriment; nutritional
3Finnish-ntö
4Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ntö
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