Where does “onnettomuustutkinta” come from?
onnettomuustutkinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkinta, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
onnettomuustutkinta (Finnish): accident investigation
Definitions
- accident investigation
Ancestry of “onnettomuustutkinta”, step by step
onnettomuustutkinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkinta | inquest, investigation; hearing |
| 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 onnettomuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | onnettomuus | accident; misfortune; unhappiness, miserableness,... |
| 2 | Finnish | onneton | unhappy; miserable; wretched |
| 3 | Finnish | onni | happiness; luck |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | onni | luck |