Where does “ruokailuveitsi” come from?
ruokailuveitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ruokailu, from Finnish ruokailla, from Finnish -illa, from Finnish -ella, from Proto-Finnic -eldak, from Proto-Uralic -le-.
Ancestry of “ruokailuveitsi”, step by step
ruokailuveitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ruokailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruokailu | eating, dining the act of eating food |
| 2 | Finnish | ruokailla | to have one's meal, to eat |
| 3 | Finnish | -illa | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ella | Forms . The resulting verb often describes a more... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -eldak | Forms frequentative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -le- | — |