Where does “selvityshenkilö” come from?

selvityshenkilö (Finnish) comes from Finnish selvitys, from Finnish selvittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

selvityshenkilö (Finnish): a person appointed to carry out an investigation, rapporteur

Definitions

  1. a person appointed to carry out an investigation, rapporteur

Ancestry of “selvityshenkilö”, step by step

selvityshenkilö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish selvitys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishselvitysA document covering the description and results...
2Finnishselvittääto make clear, clarify; to examine, investigate,...
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish henkilö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhenkilöperson; figure
2Finnishhenkibreath; spirit, ghost; life
3Proto-Finnichenkibreath; soul, life force
4Proto-Uralicčeŋke
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa