Where does “ansapolku” come from?

ansapolku (Finnish) comes from Finnish polku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

ansapolku (Finnish): Synonym of ansaraitti

Definitions

  1. Synonym of ansaraitti

Ancestry of “ansapolku”, step by step

ansapolku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolkupath, trail, track; path; treading, stomping
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish ansa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishansatrap; booby trap
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ansa—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish polku →