Where does “rautatiet” come from?

rautatiet (Finnish) comes from Finnish tie, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

rautatiet (Finnish): Nominative plural form of rautatie; railway

Definitions

  1. Nominative plural form of rautatie; railway

Ancestry of “rautatiet”, step by step

rautatiet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →