Where does “tiesuola” come from?

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

tiesuola (Finnish): road salt

Definitions

  1. road salt

Ancestry of “tiesuola”, step by step

tiesuola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

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

via Finnish suola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuolasalt; saline; salted
2Proto-Finnicsoolasalt
3Proto-Indo-Europeanséh₂lssalt
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →
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