Where does “lapsitutkimus” come from?

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

lapsitutkimus (Finnish): pediatric research, pediatric studies, childhood studies

Definitions

  1. pediatric research, pediatric studies, childhood studies

Ancestry of “lapsitutkimus”, step by step

lapsitutkimus 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 lapsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlapsichild
2Proto-Finniclapcichild
3Proto-Uraliclëpćecradle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →
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