Where does “kiitotie” come from?

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

kiitotie (Finnish): runway

Definitions

  1. runway

Ancestry of “kiitotie”, step by step

kiitotie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

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

via Finnish kiito

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiitoflight, scud, dash
2Finnishkiitääto race, speed, fly, dash, scud
3Proto-Finnickiitädäk—

Words derived from “kiitotie”

Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →