Where does “tieteilijä” come from?

tieteilijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tieteillä, from Finnish tiede, from Finnish tietää, from Finnish -mätön, from Proto-Finnic -mat'oin, from Proto-Finnic -t'oin, from Proto-Uralic -ktama.

tieteilijä (Finnish): -ologist, scientist

Definitions

  1. -ologist, scientist

Ancestry of “tieteilijä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtieteilläto dabble in science
2Finnishtiedescience; one of the liberal arts or humanities
3Finnishtietääto know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,...
4Finnish-mätönFront vowel variant of -maton
5Proto-Finnic-mat'oinForms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective
6Proto-Finnic-t'oin-less
7Proto-Uralic-ktama

Words derived from “tieteilijä

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ktamaEvery word from Finnish -mätönEvery word from Finnish tietää