Where does “viestintätiede” come from?
viestintätiede (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.
viestintätiede (Finnish): communication sciences, communication studies
Definitions
- communication sciences, communication studies
Ancestry of “viestintätiede”, step by step
viestintätiede 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 tiede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 2 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |