Where does “viestintäteknologia” come from?
viestintäteknologia (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.
viestintäteknologia (Finnish): communications technology
Definitions
- communications technology
Ancestry of “viestintäteknologia”, step by step
viestintäteknologia 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 teknologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teknologia | technology; Partitive singular form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | tekno- | techno- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |