Where does “viestintärikos” come from?

viestintärikos (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.

viestintärikos (Finnish): communications crime, communications offense a criminal act related to communications

Definitions

  1. communications crime, communications offense a criminal act related to communications

Ancestry of “viestintärikos”, step by step

viestintärikos 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 rikos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikoscrime, offence/offense, criminality; ~" a...
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-Every word from Proto-Slavic věstь
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