Where does “tietokohde” come from?

tietokohde (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohde, from Finnish kohdata, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

tietokohde (Finnish): entity, object, feature anything about which data can be stored

Definitions

  1. entity, object, feature anything about which data can be stored

Ancestry of “tietokohde”, step by step

tietokohde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kohde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohdetarget; bogey; attraction, sight
2Finnishkohdatato meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,...
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish tieto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietoknowledge; data; information
2Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
3Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
4Proto-Finnicteeway, road
5Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish kohdata →