Where does “tiedottaja” come from?

tiedottaja (Finnish) comes 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.

tiedottaja (Finnish): A public communicator, communicator, mouthpiece;...

Definitions

  1. A public communicator, communicator, mouthpiece;...

Ancestry of “tiedottaja”, step by step

tiedottaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiedottaa

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

via Finnish jä

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

Words derived from “tiedottaja”

Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →