Where does “tutkaheijastin” come from?
tutkaheijastin (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutka, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
tutkaheijastin (Finnish): radar reflector
Ancestry of “tutkaheijastin”, step by step
tutkaheijastin 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 heijastin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heijastin | reflector; safety reflector; First-person... |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |