Where does “tulenjohtotutka” come from?
tulenjohtotutka (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutka, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
tulenjohtotutka (Finnish): artillery fire control radar, artillery observation radar
Definitions
- artillery fire control radar, artillery observation radar
Ancestry of “tulenjohtotutka”, step by step
tulenjohtotutka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutka | radar |
| 2 | Finnish | tutkia | to examine, investigate; to research; Partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |
via Finnish tulenjohto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulenjohto | (artillery) fire control, artillery observation directing indirect fire, particularly artillery fire, at a specific target |
| 2 | Finnish | tuli | fire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *tuli | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tule | fire |