Where does “isyystutkimus” come from?

isyystutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkimus, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

isyystutkimus (Finnish): paternity test

Definitions

  1. paternity test

Ancestry of “isyystutkimus”, step by step

isyystutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-—

via Finnish isyys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishisyysfatherhood, paternity
2Finnishisäfather; Father
3Proto-Finnicicäfather
4Proto-Uralicićäfather
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →