Where does “painoviestintä” come from?

painoviestintä (Finnish) comes from Finnish viestintä, 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.

painoviestintä (Finnish): print media, print communications

Definitions

  1. print media, print communications

Ancestry of “painoviestintä”, step by step

painoviestintä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viestintä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviestintäcommunication
2Finnishviestiäto communicate; Partitive singular form of...
3Finnishviestimessage; relay, relay race; signal corps
4Russianвестьnews, piece of news, message; tidings; news;...
5Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Finnish paino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainoweight; press; press, weight
2Proto-Finnicpainadakto push, to press
3Proto-Uralicpajńa-press
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-Every word from Proto-Slavic věstь