Where does “tilastonikkari” come from?

tilastonikkari (Finnish) comes from Finnish tilasto, from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

tilastonikkari (Finnish): (skilled) statistician

Definitions

  1. (skilled) statistician

Ancestry of “tilastonikkari”, step by step

tilastonikkari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tilasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtilastostatistics
2Finnishtilastate; condition; Short for maatila
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish nikkari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnikkaricarpenter; tinkerer
2Swedishsnickarea carpenter
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →