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English word road comes from Finnish -e (Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives.), Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ-
-e (Finnish)
Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives.
*reydʰ- (Proto-Indo-European)
*raidō (Proto-Germanic)
(Runic alphabet) name of the R-rune (ᚱ). Ride, journey.
raita (Finnish)
Goat willow, Salix caprea (heraldry) bendlet. (obsolete) trace. Band. Stripe. Track.
rād (Old English)
rade (Middle English)
road (English)
(US, Canada, sports, chiefly, attributive) At the venue of the opposing team or competitor; on the road. (US, railroads) A railway or (UK, railroads) a single railway track. [from 19th c.]. (figuratively) A path chosen in life or career. [from 17th c.]. (nautical, often, in the plural) A partly sheltered area of water near a shore in which vessels may ride at anchor. [from 14th c.]. [...]