Where does “sormenjälkitutkimus” come from?

sormenjälkitutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkimus, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

sormenjälkitutkimus (Finnish): dactyloscopy

Definitions

  1. dactyloscopy

Ancestry of “sormenjälkitutkimus”, step by step

sormenjälkitutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkimus

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

via Finnish sormenjälki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsormenjälkifingerprint
2Finnishsormifinger
3Proto-Finnicsormifinger
4Proto-Finno-Ugricsorme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →