Where does “rakennustutkija” come from?

rakennustutkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkija, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

rakennustutkija (Finnish): building researcher

Definitions

  1. building researcher

Ancestry of “rakennustutkija”, step by step

rakennustutkija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkija

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

via Finnish rakennus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrakennusbuilding; building, construction
2Finnishrakentaato build, construct
3Proto-Finnicrakentadak
4Proto-Finno-Ugricrakkɜ-to make, prepare, build
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j-Every word from Finnish -iaEvery word from Finnish tutkia