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Where does “tieverkosto” come from?

tieverkosto (Finnish) comes from Finnish verkosto, from Finnish verkko, from Proto-Finnic verkko, from Proto-Germanic werką, from Proto-Indo-European wérǵom, from Proto-Indo-European werǵ- — to make.

tieverkosto (Finnish): road network

Definitions

  1. road network

Ancestry of “tieverkosto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverkostonetwork; connections, network
2Finnishverkkonet; network; mesh
3Proto-Finnicverkkonet, fishing net
4Proto-Germanicwerkąwork
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwérǵomwork
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵ-to make
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