Where does “säätutka” come from?
säätutka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutka, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
säätutka (Finnish): weather radar
Ancestry of “säätutka”, step by step
säätutka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutka | radar |
| 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 sää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sää | weather; you; fiber, thread, strand |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sää | weather |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | säŋe | air |