Where does “metsäautotie” come from?
metsäautotie (Finnish) comes from Finnish autotie, from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
metsäautotie (Finnish): forest road; a road, large enough to be driven by a car, in a forest, especially one intended for transporting lumber
Definitions
- forest road; a road, large enough to be driven by a car, in a forest, especially one intended for transporting lumber
Ancestry of “metsäautotie”, step by step
metsäautotie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish autotie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | autotie | motorable road |
| 2 | Finnish | auto | car, automobile |
| 3 | Finnish | automobiili | automobile, car |
| 4 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 5 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |