Where does “vesitie” come from?

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

vesitie (Finnish): waterway

Definitions

  1. waterway

Ancestry of “vesitie”, step by step

vesitie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tie

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

via Finnish vesi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvesiwater; lake; rheum
2Proto-Finnicveciwater
3Arabicوعاءvessel, container, bowl

Words derived from “vesitie”

Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →