Where does “ravitsemisala” come from?

ravitsemisala (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravitseminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

ravitsemisala (Finnish): catering sector

Definitions

  1. catering sector

Ancestry of “ravitsemisala”, step by step

ravitsemisala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ravitseminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishravitseminen
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

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 -maEvery word from Finnish -minenEvery word from Proto-Finnic -ma