Where does “tiejyrä” come from?

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

tiejyrä (Finnish): road roller

Definitions

  1. road roller

Ancestry of “tiejyrä”, step by step

tiejyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

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

via Finnish jyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjyräroll
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →