Where does “ufotutkija” come from?
ufotutkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkija, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
ufotutkija (Finnish): ufologist, UFO researcher
Definitions
- ufologist, UFO researcher
Ancestry of “ufotutkija”, step by step
ufotutkija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tutkija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tutkija | researcher |
| 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 ufo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ufo | UFO; ufo; weird |
| 2 | English | ufo | A UFO |
| 3 | English | UFO | Initialism of unidentified flying object.; an... |