Where does “ruokailija” come from?

ruokailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruokailla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.

ruokailija (Finnish): diner one who dines

Definitions

  1. diner one who dines

Ancestry of “ruokailija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokaillato have one's meal, to eat
2Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -illa →Every word from Finnish -ella →