Where does “salamatutka” come from?

salamatutka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutka, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

salamatutka (Finnish): a (usually animated) map showing lightning strikes within an area

Definitions

  1. a (usually animated) map showing lightning strikes within an area

Ancestry of “salamatutka”, step by step

salamatutka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutka

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

via Finnish Salama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishSalamalightning, bolt
2Proto-Finnicsalamalightning
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →
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