Where does “yksityisviesti” come from?
yksityisviesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish viesti, from Russian весть, from Proto-Slavic věstь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *waid-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
yksityisviesti (Finnish): private message, whisper
Definitions
- private message, whisper
Ancestry of “yksityisviesti”, step by step
yksityisviesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish viesti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | viesti | message; relay, relay race; signal corps |
| 2 | Russian | весть | news, piece of news, message; tidings; news;... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | věstь | message |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *waid- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |
via Finnish yksityinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yksityinen | private; personal; single, particular, specific |
| 2 | Finnish | -tuinen | Variant of -inen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |