Where does “sirpaletieto” come from?

sirpaletieto (Finnish) comes from Finnish sirpale, from Finnish -le, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

sirpaletieto (Finnish): fragmentary information, fragmentary knowledge

Definitions

  1. fragmentary information, fragmentary knowledge

Ancestry of “sirpaletieto”, step by step

sirpaletieto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirpale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirpaleshard, splinter, fragment, chip
2Finnish-leForms diminutive nouns
3Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
4Finnishhartiashoulder
5Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
6Greekχαρτίpaper
7Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
8Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
9Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish tieto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
2Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
3Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
4Proto-Finnicteeway, road
5Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης