Where does “kehitystutkimus” come from?
kehitystutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkimus, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
kehitystutkimus (Finnish): developmental study, developmental research
Definitions
- developmental study, developmental research
Ancestry of “kehitystutkimus”, step by step
kehitystutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkimus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkimus | research; examination; investigation |
| 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 kehitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kehitys | development, improvement, advancement, evolution |
| 2 | Finnish | kehittää | to unravel, unwind; to develop, advance, improve;... |
| 3 | Finnish | kehitä | — |
| 4 | Finnish | -itä | Front vowel variant of -ita |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -it'ak | Forms verbs |