Where does “bitumisora” come from?

bitumisora (Finnish) comes from Finnish bitumi, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

bitumisora (Finnish): tarmac

Definitions

  1. tarmac

Ancestry of “bitumisora”, step by step

bitumisora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish bitumi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbitumibitumen
2Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
3Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
4Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via Finnish sora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsoragravel
2Proto-Finnicsora—
3Proto-Finno-Ugricćora—
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →
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