Where does “valtamaantie” come from?

valtamaantie (Finnish) comes from Finnish maantie, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

valtamaantie (Finnish): main road

Definitions

  1. main road

Ancestry of “valtamaantie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaantiehighway, public road
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →
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