Where does “ilmastotutkimus” come from?

ilmastotutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmasto, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.

ilmastotutkimus (Finnish): climate research

Definitions

  1. climate research

Ancestry of “ilmastotutkimus”, step by step

ilmastotutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ilmasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmastoclimate
2FinnishIlmaair
3Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
4Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural

via Finnish tutkimus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkimusresearch; examination; investigation
2Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j →Every word from Finnish -i →Every word from Finnish -ri →