Where does “ruokailu” come from?

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

ruokailu (Finnish): eating, dining the act of eating food

Definitions

  1. eating, dining the act of eating food

Ancestry of “ruokailu”, 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-—

Words derived from “ruokailu”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -le- →Every word from Finnish -illa →Every word from Finnish -ella →