Where does “suuntanuoli” come from?

suuntanuoli (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuoli, from Proto-Finnic nooli, from Proto-Uralic ńële — arrow.

suuntanuoli (Finnish): directional arrow

Definitions

  1. directional arrow

Ancestry of “suuntanuoli”, step by step

suuntanuoli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuoliarrow; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Proto-Finnicnooliarrow
3Proto-Uralicńëlearrow

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńële →Every word from Proto-Finnic nooli →Every word from Finnish nuoli →