Where does “viestintäala” come from?

viestintäala (Finnish) comes from Finnish viestintä, from Finnish viestiä, from Finnish viesti, from Russian весть, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

viestintäala (Finnish): communications industry

Definitions

  1. communications industry

Ancestry of “viestintäala”, step by step

viestintäala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viestintä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviestintäcommunication
2Finnishviestiäto communicate; Partitive singular form of...
3Finnishviestimessage; relay, relay race; signal corps
4Russianвестьnews, piece of news, message; tidings; news;...
5Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

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 weyd-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-Every word from Proto-Slavic věstь