Where does “napatutkimusasema” come from?

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

napatutkimusasema (Finnish): polar research station

Definitions

  1. polar research station

Ancestry of “napatutkimusasema”, step by step

napatutkimusasema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkimusasema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkimusasemaresearch station
2Finnishtutkimusresearch; examination; investigation
3Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
4Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j-