Where does “rautatie” come from?

rautatie (Finnish) comes from Romanian răutate, from Romanian rău, from Romanian făcător, from Romanian face, from Romanian -tor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr.

rautatie (Finnish): railway, railroad

Definitions

  1. railway, railroad

Ancestry of “rautatie”, step by step

rautatie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Romanian răutate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianrăutatebadness, wickedness, maliciousness, malignity
2Romanianrăubad; wrong; sick
3Romanianfăcătormaker, creator; making, doing
4Romanianfacedo, make; to be made, to be done
5Romanian-tor-er; -ing
6Latin-tor-er
7Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
8Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
9Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Finnish tie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtieway; road; avenue
2Proto-Finnicteeway, road
3Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish rauta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrautairon; shackles, irons; act of getting or state of...
2Proto-Finnicrautairon

Words derived from “rautatie

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Romanian -tor