Where does “väestötutkija” come from?
väestötutkija (Finnish) comes from Finnish tutkija, from Finnish tutkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
väestötutkija (Finnish): demographer, demographic researcher
Definitions
- demographer, demographic researcher
Ancestry of “väestötutkija”, step by step
väestötutkija 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 väestö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väestö | Population; the people living within a political... |
| 2 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 3 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 4 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 5 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |