Where does “akatemiatutkija” come from?

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

akatemiatutkija (Finnish): academy researcher; a researcher paid or sponsored by a national academy or research council (e.g. the Research Council of Finland)

Definitions

academy researcher; a researcher paid or sponsored by a national academy or research council (e.g. the Research Council of Finland)

Ancestry of “akatemiatutkija”, step by step

akatemiatutkija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkija

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	tutkija	researcher
2	Finnish	tutkia	to examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
3	Finnish	-ia	Forms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4	Proto-Finnic	-idak	applicative suffix
5	Proto-Uralic	-j-	—

via Finnish akatemia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	akatemia	An academy; An academy, as any high-quality place...
2	Ancient Greek	Ἀκᾰδημῐ́ᾱ	The Academy, an Athenian gymnasium where Plato taught

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →