Where does “tuttuustieto” come from?

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

tuttuustieto (Finnish): knowledge by acquaintance

Definitions

  1. knowledge by acquaintance

Ancestry of “tuttuustieto”, step by step

tuttuustieto 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 tuttuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtuttuusfamiliarity, acquaintance
2Finnishtuttufamiliar, conversant; Synonym of tuttava
3Proto-Inuit*tuktu—
4Proto-Eskimo*tuŋtu—
Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →
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