Where does “digitaalikeskus” come from?

digitaalikeskus (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskus, from Finnish Keski-, from Proto-Finnic keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic keske.

digitaalikeskus (Finnish): digital exchange

Definitions

  1. digital exchange

Ancestry of “digitaalikeskus”, step by step

digitaalikeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskuscentre/center
2FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
3Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
4Proto-Finno-Permickeske—

via Finnish digitaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdigitaalinendigital
2LatindigitālisOf or belonging to the finger
3Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
4Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic keske →Every word from Finnish Keski- →Every word from Finnish keskus →