Where does “ruokailuväline” come from?

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

ruokailuväline (Finnish): cutlery UK, silverware US collective ensemble of eating and serving utensils such as knives, forks and spoons

Definitions

  1. cutlery UK, silverware US collective ensemble of eating and serving utensils such as knives, forks and spoons

Ancestry of “ruokailuväline”, step by step

ruokailuväline 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 väline

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvälinetool, means, implement
2Finnishväli-mid-, middle-, intermediate, inter-
3Finnishväligap, space; interval; distance
4Proto-Finnicvälji
Every word from Proto-Uralic -le-Every word from Finnish -illaEvery word from Finnish -ella