Where does “ruokatarjoilu” come from?

ruokatarjoilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjoilu, from Finnish tarjoilla, from Finnish tarjota, from Finnish tarjo-, from Finnish -ntä, from Proto-Finnic -nta — Forms action nouns from verbs.

ruokatarjoilu (Finnish): catering, serving of meals

Definitions

  1. catering, serving of meals

Ancestry of “ruokatarjoilu”, step by step

ruokatarjoilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarjoilu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarjoiluwaiting, service
2Finnishtarjoillato serve, dish out
3Finnishtarjotato offer; to treat; to serve
4Finnishtarjo-—
5Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
6Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

via Finnish ruoka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruokafood; meal
2Proto-Finnicrookafood; meal
3Proto-Germanicrōkōcare, attention
Every word from Proto-Finnic -nta →Every word from Finnish -ntä →Every word from Finnish tarjo- →