Where does “tietokatkos” come from?

tietokatkos (Finnish) comes from Finnish tieto, from Proto-Finnic teeto, from Proto-Finnic teetädäk, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

tietokatkos (Finnish): failure in communication; a failure or lapse that causes information to not get through when it should

Definitions

  1. failure in communication; a failure or lapse that causes information to not get through when it should

Ancestry of “tietokatkos”, step by step

tietokatkos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tieto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
2Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
3Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
4Proto-Finnicteeway, road
5Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Finnish katkos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatkosinterruption, stoppage; outage
2Finnishkatkoato cut, break or snap into several pieces or cut...
3Proto-Finnickatkoidakto break, to snap; to tear
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →