Where does “kinttupolku” come from?

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

kinttupolku (Finnish): footpath, trail

Definitions

  1. footpath, trail

Ancestry of “kinttupolku”, step by step

kinttupolku 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 kinttu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkinttufoot, leg
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish polku →