Where does “matkaviestin” come from?
matkaviestin (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.
matkaviestin (Finnish): mobile phone, mobile device
Definitions
- mobile phone, mobile device
Ancestry of “matkaviestin”, step by step
matkaviestin 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 |