Where does “pakoreitti” come from?

pakoreitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish pako, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

pakoreitti (Finnish): escape route

Definitions

  1. escape route

Ancestry of “pakoreitti”, step by step

pakoreitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpakoflight; escape; hole, tear
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish reitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreittiroute
2Old Norsereitrmarked-out space; square; marked-out space
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →