Where does “teitse” come from?

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

teitse (Finnish): by way of; now chiefly used as headword in...

Definitions

  1. by way of; now chiefly used as headword in...

Ancestry of “teitse”, step by step

teitse traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

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

via Finnish itse

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
2Proto-Finnicicekself
3Hebrewיצחקto laugh

Words derived from “teitse”

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