Where does “nimistöntutkija” come from?

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

nimistöntutkija (Finnish): onomastician, onomasiologist one who studies or researches names

Definitions

  1. onomastician, onomasiologist one who studies or researches names

Ancestry of “nimistöntutkija”, step by step

nimistöntutkija 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 nimistö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnimistönomenclature
2Finnishniminame
3Finnish-iäiset—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →