Where does “perustutkinto-opiskelija” come from?

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

perustutkinto-opiskelija (Finnish): an undergraduate or a postgraduate student; a student at a university seeking to earn a bachelor's degree or master's degree

Definitions

  1. an undergraduate or a postgraduate student; a student at a university seeking to earn a bachelor's degree or master's degree

Ancestry of “perustutkinto-opiskelija”, step by step

perustutkinto-opiskelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish perustutkinto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperustutkintoundergraduate or graduate degree at a university; includes both bachelor's and master's degrees, and generally refers to the latter without further context
2FinnishtutkintoAn examination; A degree, qualification
3Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
4Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-

via Finnish opiskelija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishopiskelijastudent
2FinnishopiskellaTo study something
3Finnishoppiato learn
4Proto-Finnicoppidakto learn
5Proto-Finno-Ugricwoppe-
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j-Every word from Finnish -iaEvery word from Finnish tutkia