Where does “ruokailutauko” come from?

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

ruokailutauko (Finnish): dining break, lunch break

Definitions

  1. dining break, lunch break

Ancestry of “ruokailutauko”, step by step

ruokailutauko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ruokailu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokailueating, dining the act of eating food
2Finnishruokaillato have one's meal, to eat
3Finnish-illaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
5Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
6Proto-Uralic-le-

via Finnish tauko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaukobreak, pause; rest; caesura
2Proto-Germanictaugōcord, string, rope
3Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella