Where does “viestintätoimisto” come from?
viestintätoimisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish toimisto, from Finnish Toimi, from Finnish toimi, from Proto-Finnic toimi, from Proto-Finnic toodak, from Proto-Uralic toxe-, from Hungarian -ik — Specifies "which" one of a specific set of...
viestintätoimisto (Finnish): communications agency
Definitions
- communications agency
Ancestry of “viestintätoimisto”, step by step
viestintätoimisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish toimisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toimisto | office |
| 2 | Finnish | Toimi | chore, task, job, duty |
| 3 | Finnish | toimi | chore, task, job, duty; activities, business,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | toimi | work, task, chore |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 7 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |
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 |