Where does “tiedustelualus” come from?

tiedustelualus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiedustelu, 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.

tiedustelualus (Finnish): reconnaissance ship, reconnaissance vessel, scout ship

Definitions

  1. reconnaissance ship, reconnaissance vessel, scout ship

Ancestry of “tiedustelualus”, step by step

tiedustelualus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tiedustelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtiedusteluinquiry, enquiry; reconnaissance; intelligence
2Finnishtiedustellato inquire, enquire; to reconnoitre
3FinnishtiedustaaSynonym of tiedustella; to recognize, to be aware...
4Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
5Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
6Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
7Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
8Proto-Uralic-ktama

via Finnish alus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishalusvessel, craft, ship; underlay, base; subject
2Finnishalaarea, field, domain; field, discipline; industry,...
3Proto-Finnicalalower; under
4Proto-Uralicëlabelow
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktamaEvery word from Finnish -mätönEvery word from Finnish tietää