Where does “rikostutkija” come from?
rikostutkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkija, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
rikostutkija (Finnish): criminalist US, crime inspector
Definitions
- criminalist US, crime inspector
Ancestry of “rikostutkija”, step by step
rikostutkija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkija | researcher |
| 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 rikos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikos | crime, offence/offense, criminality; ~" a... |
| 2 | Finnish | rikkoa | to break; to violate, breach; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rikkodak | to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage |