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Where does “ruokailla” come from?

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

ruokailla (Finnish): to have one's meal, to eat

Definitions

  1. to have one's meal, to eat

Ancestry of “ruokailla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
2Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
3Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
4Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →