Where does “tutkimusmateriaali” come from?

tutkimusmateriaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish materiaali, from Late Latin materialis, from Latin māteria, from Latin māter, from Proto-Italic mātēr, from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tēr — mother.

Ancestry of “tutkimusmateriaali”, step by step

tutkimusmateriaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish materiaali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmateriaalimaterial
2Late Latinmaterialismaterial
3Latinmāteriamatter; material; component stuff; substance
4Latinmātermother female parent
5Proto-Italicmātērmother
6Proto-Indo-Europeanméh₂tērmother

via Finnish tutkimus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtutkimusresearch; examination; investigation
2Finnishtutkiato examine, investigate; to research; Partitive...
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European méh₂tērEvery word from Proto-Italic mātērEvery word from Latin māter