Where does “kelʹtedo” come from?

kelʹtedo (Veps) comes from Veps tedo, from Proto-Finnic teeto, from Proto-Finnic teetädäk, from Proto-Finnic tee, from Proto-Uralic teje — way, road, path.

kelʹtedo (Veps): linguistics

Definitions

  1. linguistics

Ancestry of “kelʹtedo”, step by step

kelʹtedo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Veps tedo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepstedoknowledge; information; science
2Proto-Finnicteetoknowledge; information
3Proto-Finnicteetädäkto know
4Proto-Finnicteeway, road
5Proto-Uralictejeway, road, path

via Veps kelʹ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vepskelʹtongue
2Proto-Finnickeelitongue; language
3Proto-Uralickäletongue; language

Words derived from “kelʹtedo”

Every word from Proto-Uralic teje →Every word from Proto-Finnic tee →Every word from Proto-Finnic teetädäk →