Where does “viestintävaliokunta” come from?
viestintävaliokunta (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.
viestintävaliokunta (Finnish): standing committee (of the Finnish Parliament) on communications
Definitions
- standing committee (of the Finnish Parliament) on communications
Ancestry of “viestintävaliokunta”, step by step
viestintävaliokunta 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 valiokunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valiokunta | standing committee |
| 2 | Finnish | valio | An outstanding individual;a pick, choice, elite |
| 3 | Finnish | valita | to choose, select, elect; Indicative present... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | valit'ak | to choose, to pick, to select |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | waljaną | to choose, to pick, to select |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁- | to choose; to want |