Where does “retkeilymaja” come from?

retkeilymaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish retkeily, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

retkeilymaja (Finnish): hostel, youth hostel

Definitions

  1. hostel, youth hostel

Ancestry of “retkeilymaja”, step by step

retkeilymaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish retkeily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkeilyhiking
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish maja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmajahut
2Proto-Finnicmajahouse
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish retkeily →