Where does “rikostiedustelu” come from?

rikostiedustelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiedustelu, from Finnish tiedustella, from Finnish tiedustaa, from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

rikostiedustelu (Finnish): criminal intelligence

Definitions

  1. criminal intelligence

Ancestry of “rikostiedustelu”, step by step

rikostiedustelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiedustelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiedusteluinquiry, enquiry; reconnaissance; intelligence
2Finnishtiedustellato inquire, enquire; to reconnoitre
3FinnishtiedustaaSynonym of tiedustella; to recognize, to be aware...
4Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
5Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
6Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
7Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
8Proto-Uralic-ktama

via Finnish rikos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikoscrime, offence/offense, criminality; ~" a...
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktamaEvery word from Finnish -mätönEvery word from Finnish tietää