Where does “ruokailutila” come from?

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

ruokailutila (Finnish): dining area

Definitions

  1. dining area

Ancestry of “ruokailutila”, step by step

ruokailutila 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 tila

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
2Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
3Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
4Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella
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