Where does “liitsõna” come from?

liitsõna (Estonian) comes from Estonian sõna, from Proto-Finnic sana — word.

liitsõna (Estonian): compound word

Definitions

  1. compound word

Ancestry of “liitsõna”, step by step

liitsõna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian sõna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniansõnaword
2Proto-Finnicsanaword

via Estonian liit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianliitunion; league; federation
Every word from Proto-Finnic sana →Every word from Estonian sõna →
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