Where does “yleistieto” come from?
yleistieto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tieto, from Proto-Finnic teeto, from Proto-Finnic teetädäk, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.
yleistieto (Finnish): general knowledge
Ancestry of “yleistieto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tieto | knowledge; data; information |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | teeto | knowledge; information |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | teetädäk | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | tee | way, road |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | teje | way, road, path |