Where does “purjehdusreitti” come from?

purjehdusreitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish purjehdus, from Finnish purjehtia, from Finnish purje, from Proto-Finnic purjeh, from Proto-Germanic buriz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

purjehdusreitti (Finnish): sailing route

Definitions

  1. sailing route

Ancestry of “purjehdusreitti”, step by step

purjehdusreitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish purjehdus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpurjehdussailing, sail, sailing trip; voyage, sail
2Finnishpurjehtiato sail
3Finnishpurjesail; rag, sheet
4Proto-Finnicpurjehsail
5Proto-Germanicburizmale offspring; son; elevation; hill; favourable...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Finnish reitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreittiroute
2Old Norsereitrmarked-out space; square; marked-out space
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Germanic buriz →Every word from Proto-Finnic purjeh →
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