Where does “ravintolalaiva” come from?

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

ravintolalaiva (Finnish): floating restaurant, restaurant ship, restaurant boat

Definitions

  1. floating restaurant, restaurant ship, restaurant boat

Ancestry of “ravintolalaiva”, step by step

ravintolalaiva 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 laiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaivaship; nave
2Proto-Finniclaivaship
3Proto-Finniclawja
4Proto-Germanicflawjąship, vessel
5Proto-Indo-Europeanplew-to fly, flow, run
Every word from Proto-Uralic -jEvery word from Finnish -iEvery word from Finnish -ntö