Where does “pakotie” come from?

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

pakotie (Finnish): escape route

Definitions

  1. escape route

Ancestry of “pakotie”, step by step

pakotie 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 tie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtieway; road; avenue
2Proto-Finnicteeway, road
3Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →