Where does “tutkimuskeskus” come from?
tutkimuskeskus (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkimus, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
tutkimuskeskus (Finnish): research center
Ancestry of “tutkimuskeskus”, step by step
tutkimuskeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkimus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkimus | research; examination; investigation |
| 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 keskus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keskus | centre/center |
| 2 | Finnish | Keski- | middle, central; average, mid-, medium |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keski | middle, center |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | keske | — |