Where does “leveäkaistatie” come from?

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

leveäkaistatie (Finnish): single carriageway with wider lanes than on normal roads

Definitions

  1. single carriageway with wider lanes than on normal roads

Ancestry of “leveäkaistatie”, step by step

leveäkaistatie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

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

via Finnish kaista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaistalane; band; shred, strip
2Proto-Norsegaistō(n)-—

via Finnish leveä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveäwide
2Proto-Finniclevedäwide
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →