Where does “retkeilyreitti” come from?

retkeilyreitti (Finnish) comes from Finnish retkeily, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

retkeilyreitti (Finnish): hiking route

Definitions

  1. hiking route

Ancestry of “retkeilyreitti”, step by step

retkeilyreitti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish retkeily

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkeilyhiking
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish reitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreittiroute
2Old Norsereitrmarked-out space; square; marked-out space
Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish retkeily →