Where does “päättötutkinto” come from?

päättötutkinto (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkinto, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

päättötutkinto (Finnish): final examination, school-leaving examination examination at the end of a school or a curriculum

Definitions

  1. final examination, school-leaving examination examination at the end of a school or a curriculum

Ancestry of “päättötutkinto”, step by step

päättötutkinto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkinto

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

via Finnish päättö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäättöending, concluding, finishing
2Finnishpäättääto end, conclude, terminate, finish, bring to a close
3Finnishpäähead; end, tip
4Proto-Finnicpäähead
5Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →
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