Where does “joukkotiedotus” come from?

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

joukkotiedotus (Finnish): mass media

Definitions

  1. mass media

Ancestry of “joukkotiedotus”, step by step

joukkotiedotus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiedotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiedotusadvice, information, guidance; announcement,...
2Finnishtiedottaato inform, make known, announce
3Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
4Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
5Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
6Proto-Finnicteeway, road
7Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish joukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoukkogroup, cluster, band; crowd of people number of things or persons, especially a rather large and unorganized one
2Proto-Finnicjoukkogroup
3Proto-Germanicjaukijądraught animal; team of oxen
4Proto-Indo-Europeanyewg-to join, to yoke, to tie together

Words derived from “joukkotiedotus

Every word from Proto-Uralic tejeEvery word from Proto-Finnic teeEvery word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk