Where does “tienvarsimainos” come from?

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

tienvarsimainos (Finnish): roadside advertisement, billboard advertisement

Definitions

  1. roadside advertisement, billboard advertisement

Ancestry of “tienvarsimainos”, step by step

tienvarsimainos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tienvarsi

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

via Finnish mainos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainosadvertisement
2Finnishmainoa
Every word from Proto-Uralic tejeEvery word from Proto-Finnic teeEvery word from Finnish tie
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