Where does “moottoriliikennetie” come from?
moottoriliikennetie (Finnish) comes from Finnish moottoriliikenne, from Finnish liikenne, from Finnish -nne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
moottoriliikennetie (Finnish): expressway US, dual carriageway UK, divided highway Canada road designated for motor traffic only but which does not meet the requirements to be a motorway
Definitions
- expressway US, dual carriageway UK, divided highway Canada road designated for motor traffic only but which does not meet the requirements to be a motorway
Ancestry of “moottoriliikennetie”, step by step
moottoriliikennetie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish moottoriliikenne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moottoriliikenne | motorized traffic |
| 2 | Finnish | liikenne | traffic; a trip taken somewhere else |
| 3 | Finnish | -nne | The possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used... |
| 4 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 5 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 6 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 7 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 8 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |