Where does “aivotutkija” come from?

aivotutkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkija, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

aivotutkija (Finnish): brain researcher

Definitions

  1. brain researcher

Ancestry of “aivotutkija”, step by step

aivotutkija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkijaresearcher
2Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →