Where does “tienmutka” come from?

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

tienmutka (Finnish): road curve

Definitions

  1. road curve

Ancestry of “tienmutka”, step by step

tienmutka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

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

via Finnish mutka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmutkabend, curve, corner; elbow; bight
2Proto-Finnicmutkabend, curve
3Proto-Uralicmučka—
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →