Where does “matalavalvontatutka” come from?
matalavalvontatutka (Finnish) comes from Finnish valvontatutka, from Finnish valvonta, from Finnish valvoa, from Finnish -oa, from Proto-Finnic -odak, from Proto-Uralic -w-.
matalavalvontatutka (Finnish): low-altitude surveillance radar
Definitions
- low-altitude surveillance radar
Ancestry of “matalavalvontatutka”, step by step
matalavalvontatutka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valvontatutka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valvontatutka | surveillance radar |
| 2 | Finnish | valvonta | monitoring, surveillance; supervision; control |
| 3 | Finnish | valvoa | to stay up, stay awake; to oversee, supervise,... |
| 4 | Finnish | -oa | Forms frequentative verbs, primarily from nouns... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -odak | Forms some verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -w- | — |