Where does “tietoviisas” come from?

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

tietoviisas (Finnish): a whiz of quiz; someone pretending to know...

Definitions

  1. a whiz of quiz; someone pretending to know...

Ancestry of “tietoviisas”, step by step

tietoviisas 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 viisas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviisaswise
2Proto-Finnicviisaswise; cunning
3Proto-Germanicwīsazwise, knowledgeable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweydstosknowledgeable
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →