Where does “väestötieto” come from?
väestötieto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tieto, from Proto-Finnic teeto, from Proto-Finnic teetädäk, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.
väestötieto (Finnish): demographic data
Definitions
- demographic data
Ancestry of “väestötieto”, step by step
väestötieto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tieto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tieto | knowledge; data; information |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | teeto | knowledge; information |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | teetädäk | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tee | way, road |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | teje | way, road, path |
via Finnish väestö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väestö | Population; the people living within a political... |
| 2 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 3 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 4 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 5 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |