Where does “tutkimusretki” come from?

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

tutkimusretki (Finnish): expedition

Definitions

  1. expedition

Ancestry of “tutkimusretki”, step by step

tutkimusretki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

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-—

via Finnish retki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishretkitrip; expedition
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Finnish tutkia →