Where does “vuoristopolku” come from?
vuoristopolku (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuoristo, from Finnish vuori, from Proto-Finnic voori, from Estonian voor, from Middle Low German vore, from Old Saxon fora, from Proto-West Germanic forē, from Proto-Germanic furai — passed , crossed.
vuoristopolku (Finnish): mountain trail
Definitions
- mountain trail
Ancestry of “vuoristopolku”, step by step
vuoristopolku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vuoristo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuoristo | A mountain range; Especially in proper names also... |
| 2 | Finnish | vuori | mountain; a high hill; lining |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | voori | large hill |
| 4 | Estonian | voor | drumlin, an oval ridge formed under glacier ice;... |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vore | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | fora | before, against |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | forē | before, in front of |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |