Where does “etsintätarkastus” come from?

etsintätarkastus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarkastus, from Finnish tarkastaa, from Finnish tarkka, from Swedish stärk, from Old Swedish starker, from Old Norse sterkr, from Proto-Germanic starkuz, from Proto-Germanic sterkaną — rigid, stiff; to love.

etsintätarkastus (Finnish): An inspection in which the focus is in searching anomalies, as opposed to arvioimistarkastus in which the focus is in evaluation of a system or subsystem as a whole; used chiefly in connection with maintenance of nuclear power plants

Definitions

  1. An inspection in which the focus is in searching anomalies, as opposed to arvioimistarkastus in which the focus is in evaluation of a system or subsystem as a whole; used chiefly in connection with maintenance of nuclear power plants

Ancestry of “etsintätarkastus”, step by step

etsintätarkastus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarkastus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarkastusexamination, inspection, supervision, survey
2Finnishtarkastaato check, inspect
3Finnishtarkkaaccurate, exact, precise; particular, pedantic,...
4Swedishstärkstrong
5Old Swedishstarkerstiff, rigid; steady; strong
6Old Norsesterkrstrong
7Proto-Germanicstarkuzstiff; rigid; strong
8Proto-Germanicsterkanąto become stiff, stiffen
9Proto-Indo-Europeansterg-rigid, stiff; to love

via Finnish etsintä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetsintäsearch; Partitive singular form of etsin
2Finnish-ntäFront vowel variant of -nta; API
3Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sterg-Every word from Proto-Germanic sterkanąEvery word from Proto-Germanic starkuz