Where does “tiehytmato” come from?

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

tiehytmato (Finnish): flukeworm

Definitions

  1. flukeworm

Ancestry of “tiehytmato”, step by step

tiehytmato traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiehyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiehytduct
2Finnishtieway; road; avenue
3Proto-Finnicteeway, road
4Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish mato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatoworm; maggot; tilde
2Proto-Finnicmatoworm
3Proto-Finno-Ugricmačo—
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →
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