Where does “maantietunneli” come from?

maantietunneli (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunneli, from English Tunnel, from Old French tonel, from Old French tone, from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic tunna — hide, skin.

maantietunneli (Finnish): highway tunnel

Definitions

  1. highway tunnel

Ancestry of “maantietunneli”, step by step

maantietunneli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tunneli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnelitunnel
2EnglishTunnelAn underground or underwater passage
3Old Frenchtonelbarrel
4Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
5Late Latintunnatun, box
6Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin

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
Every word from Proto-Celtic tunna →Every word from Late Latin tunna →Every word from Old French tone →