Where does “kestoviestin” come from?
kestoviestin (Finnish) comes from Finnish viestin, from Finnish viestiä, from Finnish viesti, from Russian весть, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
kestoviestin (Finnish): Any medium, or format for communicating or presenting information in which the information is stored in permanent physical form, such as on paper or film
Definitions
- Any medium, or format for communicating or presenting information in which the information is stored in permanent physical form, such as on paper or film
Ancestry of “kestoviestin”, step by step
kestoviestin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viestin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viestin | medium; First-person singular indicative present... |
| 2 | Finnish | viestiä | to communicate; Partitive singular form of... |
| 3 | Finnish | viesti | message; relay, relay race; signal corps |
| 4 | Russian | весть | news, piece of news, message; tidings; news;... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | věstь | message |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *waid- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |