Where does “pitkäkiskoraide” come from?

pitkäkiskoraide (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkäkiskoraide (Finnish): long rail railway

Definitions

  1. long rail railway

Ancestry of “pitkäkiskoraide”, step by step

pitkäkiskoraide traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via Finnish raide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishraidetrack, railroad track; numbered track or platform...
2FinnishRaitastripe, band long strip of a colour or material
3Proto-Germanicraidōride, journey; name of the R-rune
4Proto-Germanicrīdanąto ride
5Proto-Indo-Europeanrēydʰ-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together

via Finnish kisko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiskobar; rail
2Finnishkiskoato pull, wrench, tug, tear; to drag, lug, haul; ~...
3Proto-Finnickiskoidakto pull, to wrench, to tear
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-