Where does “kotimaanreitti” come from?

kotimaanreitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotimaa, from Finnish koti, from Proto-Finnic kotei, from Proto-Finnic kota, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota, from Proto-Uralic kota — hut, tent, tepee.

kotimaanreitti (Finnish): domestic route

Definitions

  1. domestic route

Ancestry of “kotimaanreitti”, step by step

kotimaanreitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kotimaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkotimaahomeland
2Finnishkotihome
3Proto-Finnickoteihome
4Proto-Finnickotatent, hut
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickotatent, hut, house
6Proto-Uralickotahut, tent, tepee

via Finnish reitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreittiroute
2Old Norsereitrmarked-out space; square; marked-out space
Every word from Proto-Uralic kota →Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kota →Every word from Proto-Finnic kota →