Where does “tiedusteluvaliokunta” come from?

tiedusteluvaliokunta (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.

tiedusteluvaliokunta (Finnish): intelligence committee

Definitions

  1. intelligence committee

Ancestry of “tiedusteluvaliokunta”, step by step

tiedusteluvaliokunta 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 valiokunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvaliokuntastanding committee
2FinnishvalioAn outstanding individual;a pick, choice, elite
3Finnishvalitato choose, select, elect; Indicative present...
4Proto-Finnicvalit'akto choose, to pick, to select
5Proto-Germanicwaljanąto choose, to pick, to select
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₁-to choose; to want
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktama
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