Where does “tietämättömyys” come from?
tietämättömyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish tietämätön, from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.
tietämättömyys (Finnish): ignorance
Definitions
- ignorance
Ancestry of “tietämättömyys”, step by step
tietämättömyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tietämätön
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tietämätön | unaware, ignorant; clueless; Negative participle... |
| 2 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |