Where does “tietotekniikka-ala” come from?

tietotekniikka-ala (Finnish) comes from Finnish tietotekniikka, from Finnish tekniikka, from Swedish teknik, from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

tietotekniikka-ala (Finnish): information technology industry, information technology sector

Definitions

  1. information technology industry, information technology sector

Ancestry of “tietotekniikka-ala”, step by step

tietotekniikka-ala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tietotekniikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtietotekniikkainformation technology
2Finnishtekniikkatechnology; technique; method
3Swedishteknika technique; technology
4Frenchtechniquetechnical; technique, technology
5Latintechnicustechnical
6Ancient Greekτεχνικόςtechnical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
7Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
8Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
9Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
10Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Finnish älä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishäläThe second-person singular form of the negative...
2Finnishala-under-, sub-, lower, nether; inferior
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek -λογίαEvery word from Ancient Greek λέγω