Where does “ZIP-tiedosto” come from?

ZIP-tiedosto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiedosto, from Finnish tieto, from Proto-Finnic teeto, from Proto-Finnic teetädäk, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

ZIP-tiedosto (Finnish): zip file

Definitions

  1. zip file

Ancestry of “ZIP-tiedosto”, step by step

ZIP-tiedosto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiedosto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiedostofile
2Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
3Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
4Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
5Proto-Finnicteeway, road
6Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish zip

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishzip—
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →