Where does “keeleteadus” come from?
keeleteadus (Estonian) comes from Estonian teadus, from Estonian teadma, from Proto-Finnic teetädäk, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.
keeleteadus (Estonian): linguistics
Ancestry of “keeleteadus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Estonian | teadus | science |
| 2 | Estonian | teadma | to know |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | teetädäk | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tee | way, road |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | teje | way, road, path |