Where does “minätietoisuus” come from?

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

minätietoisuus (Finnish): self-consciousness

Definitions

  1. self-consciousness

Ancestry of “minätietoisuus”, step by step

minätietoisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tietoisuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietoisuusconsciousness
2Finnishtietoinenconscious; cognizant
3Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
4Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
5Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
6Proto-Finnicteeway, road
7Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish minä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishminäI; ego; self
2Proto-FinnicminäI, me
3Uralic*minä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →