Where does “tiedustelija” come from?
tiedustelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiedustella, from Finnish tiedustaa, from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.
tiedustelija (Finnish): A scout
Definitions
- A scout
Ancestry of “tiedustelija”, step by step
tiedustelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tiedustella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiedustella | to inquire, enquire; to reconnoitre |
| 2 | Finnish | tiedustaa | Synonym of tiedustella; to recognize, to be aware... |
| 3 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 4 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |