Where does “kromosomitutkimus” come from?

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

kromosomitutkimus (Finnish): chromosome research

Definitions

  1. chromosome research

Ancestry of “kromosomitutkimus”, step by step

kromosomitutkimus 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 kromosomi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkromosomiA chromosome
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j-Every word from Finnish -iaEvery word from Finnish tutkia