Where does “viestintäministeri” come from?

viestintäministeri (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.

viestintäministeri (Finnish): minister for communications

Definitions

  1. minister for communications

Ancestry of “viestintäministeri”, step by step

viestintäministeri 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 ministeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishministeria minister; an honorary title of the second rank...
2Swedishministera minister
3Latinministerattendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;...
4Latinminusnominative neuter singular of minor; accusative...
5Proto-Italicminosless
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-Every word from Proto-Slavic věstь
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