Where does “nousutie” come from?

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

nousutie (Finnish): ascending or descending passage, a passage between two levels

Definitions

  1. ascending or descending passage, a passage between two levels

Ancestry of “nousutie”, step by step

nousutie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

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

via Finnish nousu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnousurise; ascent; thread pitch, pitch
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →
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