Where does “virheviesti” come from?

virheviesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish viesti, from Russian весть, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

virheviesti (Finnish): error message the message of a failure condition

Definitions

  1. error message the message of a failure condition

Ancestry of “virheviesti”, step by step

virheviesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viesti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviestimessage; relay, relay race; signal corps
2Russianвестьnews, piece of news, message; tidings; news;...
3Proto-Slavicvěstьmessage
4Proto-Balto-Slavic*waid-
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Finnish virhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirhemistake; error; flaw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-Every word from Proto-Slavic věstь