Where does “ties” come from?

ties (Finnish) comes from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

ties (Finnish): God knows, who knows

Definitions

  1. God knows, who knows

Ancestry of “ties”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
2Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
3Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
4Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
5Proto-Uralic-ktama—

Words derived from “ties”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama →Every word from Finnish -mätön →Every word from Finnish tietää →
ties — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer