Where does “tutkimuslaite” come from?
tutkimuslaite (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkimus, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
tutkimuslaite (Finnish): research device, (article of) research equipment
Definitions
- research device, (article of) research equipment
Ancestry of “tutkimuslaite”, step by step
tutkimuslaite 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 laite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laite | apparatus, device; ride |
| 2 | Finnish | laittaa | to put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | laittadak | to put down |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |