Where does “ravitsemusliike” come from?

ravitsemusliike (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravitsemus, from Finnish -mus, from Finnish -ma, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

Ancestry of “ravitsemusliike”, step by step

ravitsemusliike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ravitsemus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishravitsemusnutrition
2Finnish-musForms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with...
3Finnish-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; The suffix...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma

via Finnish liike

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliikemotion; movement; shop, business
2Finnishliikkuato move, stir; to travel, go; to exercise
3Proto-Finniclikudakmove
4Proto-Uraliclikke-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -maEvery word from Proto-Finnic -maEvery word from Finnish -mus