Where does “radiotiedustelu” come from?

radiotiedustelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish radio, from Swedish radio, from English radio, from English radiotelegraphy, from English telegraphy, from English Telegraph, from French télégraphe, from French télé-.

radiotiedustelu (Finnish): radio intelligence, radio surveillance

Definitions

  1. radio intelligence, radio surveillance

Ancestry of “radiotiedustelu”, step by step

radiotiedustelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish radio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishradioradio; radio-
2Swedishradioradio; radio; receiver
3EnglishradioThe technology that allows for the transmission...
4EnglishradiotelegraphyThe process and techniques of sending telegrams...
5Englishtelegraphycommunication at a distance by means of the...
6EnglishTelegraphany process for transmitting arbitrarily long messages over a long distance using a symbolic code
7Frenchtélégraphetelegraph
8Frenchtélé-tele-
9Ancient Greekτῆλεfar off, afar, far away
10Latincommūnicāre
11Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
12Old Latincom(m)oinis
13Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
14Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
15Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
16Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
17Middle Englishkyt

via Finnish tiedustelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiedusteluinquiry, enquiry; reconnaissance; intelligence
2Finnishtiedustellato inquire, enquire; to reconnoitre
3FinnishtiedustaaSynonym of tiedustella; to recognize, to be aware...
4Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
5Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
6Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
7Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
8Proto-Uralic-ktama
Every word from Middle English kytEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm