Where does “itsetiedostus” come from?
itsetiedostus (Finnish) comes from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.
itsetiedostus (Finnish): self-consciousness
Ancestry of “itsetiedostus”, step by step
itsetiedostus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish itse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 3 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |
via Finnish tiedostus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiedostus | consciousness, awareness; being conscious or aware (of) |
| 2 | Finnish | -us | Forms nouns from verbs, describing an action or... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -us | Forms some nouns from nominal stems |