Where does “kirjastotietokanta” come from?

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

kirjastotietokanta (Finnish): library database

Definitions

  1. library database

Ancestry of “kirjastotietokanta”, step by step

kirjastotietokanta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tietokanta

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

via Finnish kirjasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjastolibrary; public library
2Finnishkirjabook; quire
3Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →