Where does “ohitustie” come from?

ohitustie (Finnish) comes from Finnish ohitus, from Finnish ohittaa, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

ohitustie (Finnish): bypass, bypass road

Definitions

  1. bypass, bypass road

Ancestry of “ohitustie”, step by step

ohitustie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ohitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishohitusbypass; overtaking
2Finnishohittaato pass, overtake; to pass, go by, go past; to...
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish tie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtieway; road; avenue
2Proto-Finnicteeway, road
3Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa