Where does “teadlik” come from?

teadlik (Estonian) comes from Estonian teadma, from Proto-Finnic teetädäk, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

teadlik (Estonian): conscious, deliberate

Definitions

  1. conscious, deliberate

Ancestry of “teadlik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianteadmato know
2Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
3Proto-Finnicteeway, road
4Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →
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