Where does “taittotiedosto” come from?

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

taittotiedosto (Finnish): layout file, layout document file or document detailing the layout of a document meant to be printed or distributed digitally

Definitions

  1. layout file, layout document file or document detailing the layout of a document meant to be printed or distributed digitally

Ancestry of “taittotiedosto”, step by step

taittotiedosto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiedosto

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

via Finnish taitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaittolayout
2Finnishtaittaato fold; to break; to refract
3Finnishtaipuato become curved, to bend; to change one's...
4Proto-Finnictaipudak—
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →
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