Where does “tutkimus” come from?

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

tutkimus (Finnish): research; examination; investigation

Definitions

  1. research; examination; investigation

Ancestry of “tutkimus”, step by step

tutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tutkia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
2Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-

via Ingrian tutkia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingriantutkiaexamine

Words derived from “tutkimus

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j-Every word from Finnish -iaEvery word from Finnish tutkia
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