Where does “tutkahakuinen” come from?

tutkahakuinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutka, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

tutkahakuinen (Finnish): radar homing, that homes (in) by radar

Definitions

  1. radar homing, that homes (in) by radar

Ancestry of “tutkahakuinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkaradar
2Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →