Where does “väitöstutkimus” come from?

väitöstutkimus (Finnish) comes from Finnish väitös, from Finnish väittää, from Finnish väki, from Icelandic vaki, from Arabic وَاقِع, from Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِع — falling eagle.

väitöstutkimus (Finnish): doctoral study, a study that serves as a doctoral dissertation or doctoral thesis

Definitions

  1. doctoral study, a study that serves as a doctoral dissertation or doctoral thesis

Ancestry of “väitöstutkimus”, step by step

väitöstutkimus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish väitös

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväitösdissertation
2FinnishväittääTo claim, contend, assert, argue, maintain; to...
3Finnishväkipeople, crowd; power, strength, force
4Icelandicvakihormone
5Arabicوَاقِعhappening, occurring; falling
6Arabicالنَّسْر الوَاقِعfalling eagle

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 Arabic النَّسْر الوَاقِعEvery word from Arabic وَاقِعEvery word from Icelandic vaki
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