Where does “tietäväinen” come from?
tietäväinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tietävä, from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.
tietäväinen (Finnish): knowledgeable
Definitions
- knowledgeable
Ancestry of “tietäväinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tietävä | Present active participle of tietää; in the know |
| 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 | — |