Where does “metsäntutkija” come from?

metsäntutkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkija, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

metsäntutkija (Finnish): forest researcher

Definitions

  1. forest researcher

Ancestry of “metsäntutkija”, step by step

metsäntutkija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkijaresearcher
2Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish metsä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsäforest, woods; bush; hunting
2Proto-Finnic*meccä—
3Proto-Balticmedjas—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →