Where does “tiedontuoja” come from?

tiedontuoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tuoja, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

tiedontuoja (Finnish): bringer of information, messenger

Definitions

  1. bringer of information, messenger

Ancestry of “tiedontuoja”, step by step

tiedontuoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tuoja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuojabringer
2Finnishjäice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

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 -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →