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Where does “tiedustelu” come from?

tiedustelu (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.

tiedustelu (Finnish): inquiry, enquiry; reconnaissance; intelligence

Definitions

  1. inquiry, enquiry; reconnaissance; intelligence

Ancestry of “tiedustelu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiedustellato inquire, enquire; to reconnoitre
2FinnishtiedustaaSynonym of tiedustella; to recognize, to be aware...
3Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
4Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
5Proto-Finnic-mat'oin—
6Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
7Proto-Uralic-ktama—

Words derived from “tiedustelu”

  • tiedustelupalvelu
  • rikostiedustelu
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