Where does “virtsatiehyt” come from?

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

virtsatiehyt (Finnish): urinary tract

Definitions

  1. urinary tract

Ancestry of “virtsatiehyt”, step by step

virtsatiehyt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiehyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiehytduct
2Finnishtieway; road; avenue
3Proto-Finnicteeway, road
4Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish virtsa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtsaurine
2Proto-Finnicvirccaslurry
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Finnish tie →