Where does “ravitsemustila” come from?

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

ravitsemustila (Finnish): nutritional status

Definitions

  1. nutritional status

Ancestry of “ravitsemustila”, step by step

ravitsemustila 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 tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →Every word from Finnish -mus →