Where does “kauppareitti” come from?

kauppareitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauppa, from Proto-Germanic kaupaz, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

kauppareitti (Finnish): trade route

Definitions

  1. trade route

Ancestry of “kauppareitti”, step by step

kauppareitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
2Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
3LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
4Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-—

via Finnish reitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreittiroute
2Old Norsereitrmarked-out space; square; marked-out space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup- →Every word from Latin caupo →Every word from Proto-Germanic kaupaz →