Where does “maantiesuola” come from?

maantiesuola (Finnish) comes from Finnish maantie, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maantiesuola (Finnish): road salt

Definitions

  1. road salt

Ancestry of “maantiesuola”, step by step

maantiesuola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maantie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaantiehighway, public road
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish suola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuolasalt; saline; salted
2Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →