Where does “hakotie” come from?

hakotie (Finnish) comes from Finnish tie, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

hakotie (Finnish): the wrong road, a road that leads astray

Definitions

  1. the wrong road, a road that leads astray

Ancestry of “hakotie”, step by step

hakotie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtieway; road; avenue
2Proto-Finnicteeway, road
3Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish hako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakosubmerged, dead tree; branch of a conifer tree
2Proto-Finnichakobranch of a conifer tree
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →