Where does “säätiedottaja” come from?

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

säätiedottaja (Finnish): weather forecaster, weatherman, weatherperson

Definitions

  1. weather forecaster, weatherman, weatherperson

Ancestry of “säätiedottaja”, step by step

säätiedottaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiedottaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtiedottajaA public communicator, communicator, mouthpiece;...
2Finnishtiedottaato inform, make known, announce
3Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
4Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
5Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
6Proto-Finnicteeway, road
7Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish sää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsääweather; you; fiber, thread, strand
2Proto-Finnicsääweather
3Proto-Finno-Ugricsäŋeair
Every word from Proto-Uralic tejeEvery word from Proto-Finnic teeEvery word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk