Where does “tutkijanainen” come from?
tutkijanainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkija, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
tutkijanainen (Finnish): female researcher
Ancestry of “tutkijanainen”, step by step
tutkijanainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkija | researcher |
| 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 nainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nainen | woman; lady; first-person singular potential... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | nainen | woman; wife |