Where does “lisensiaatintutkinto” come from?
lisensiaatintutkinto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkinto, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
lisensiaatintutkinto (Finnish): licentiate degree
Definitions
- licentiate degree
Ancestry of “lisensiaatintutkinto”, step by step
lisensiaatintutkinto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkinto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkinto | An examination; A degree, qualification |
| 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 lisensiaatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lisensiaatti | licentiate holder of an academic license degree |
| 2 | Latin | licentiatus | freedom, license; licensed |
| 3 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |