Where does “pilottitutkimus” come from?

pilottitutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilotti, from Swedish pilot, from Italian pilota, from Latin pedota, from Ancient Greek πηδόν, from Ancient Greek πούς, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

pilottitutkimus (Finnish): pilot study

Definitions

  1. pilot study

Ancestry of “pilottitutkimus”, step by step

pilottitutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pilotti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpilottiaviator, pilot, airman; pilot project
2Swedishpilota pilot
3Italianpilotapilot; driver; third-person singular present...
4Latinpedota
5Ancient Greekπηδόνoar; blade of an oar, oar
6Ancient Greekπούςfoot; leg; Greek foot or pous, the ancient Greek...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
9Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

via Finnish tutkimus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkimusresearch; examination; investigation
2Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped-