Where does “veneväylä” come from?

veneväylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vene, from Proto-Finnic veneh — boat.

veneväylä (Finnish): boat lane, boat channel

Definitions

  1. boat lane, boat channel

Ancestry of “veneväylä”, step by step

veneväylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vene

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishveneboat
2Proto-Finnicvenehboat

via Finnish väylä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväyläany route one can travel, especially one that is...
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