Where does “pilvitutka” come from?

pilvitutka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutka, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

pilvitutka (Finnish): a (usually animated) map showing the clouds within an area

Definitions

  1. a (usually animated) map showing the clouds within an area

Ancestry of “pilvitutka”, step by step

pilvitutka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutka

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

via Finnish Pilvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishPilvicloud visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air; mass of dust, steam or smoke
2Finnishpilvicloud; hashish, marijuana
3Proto-Finnicpilvicloud
4Proto-Uralicpilwecloud
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →