Where does “revontulitutkimus” come from?
revontulitutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkimus, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
revontulitutkimus (Finnish): study of the aurora borealis
Definitions
- study of the aurora borealis
Ancestry of “revontulitutkimus”, step by step
revontulitutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkimus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkimus | research; examination; investigation |
| 2 | Finnish | tutkia | to examine, investigate; to research; Partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |
via Finnish revontulet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | revontulet | aurora; northern lights, aurora borealis;... |
| 2 | Finnish | tuli | fire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *tuli | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tule | fire |