Where does “viestintäministeriö” come from?
viestintäministeriö (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.
viestintäministeriö (Finnish): ministry of communications
Definitions
- ministry of communications
Ancestry of “viestintäministeriö”, step by step
viestintäministeriö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viestintä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viestintä | communication |
| 2 | Finnish | viestiä | to communicate; Partitive singular form of... |
| 3 | Finnish | viesti | message; relay, relay race; signal corps |
| 4 | Russian | весть | news, piece of news, message; tidings; news;... |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | věstь | message |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *waid- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Finnish ministeriö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ministeriö | A political ministry, office |
| 2 | Finnish | ministeri | a minister; an honorary title of the second rank... |
| 3 | Swedish | minister | a minister |
| 4 | Latin | minister | attendant, servant, waiter; agent, aide;... |
| 5 | Latin | minus | nominative neuter singular of minor; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | minos | less |