Where does “lukijatutkimus” come from?
lukijatutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkimus, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
lukijatutkimus (Finnish): reader survey
Ancestry of “lukijatutkimus”, step by step
lukijatutkimus 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 lukija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lukija | reader |
| 2 | Ingrian | lukkia | to read |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |