Where does “virheenjäljitin” come from?

virheenjäljitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäljitin, from Finnish jäljittää, from Finnish -ittaa, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

virheenjäljitin (Finnish): debugger

Definitions

  1. debugger

Ancestry of “virheenjäljitin”, step by step

virheenjäljitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jäljitin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäljitintracker device that tracks
2Finnishjäljittääto track, trace; to track; to track down
3Finnish-ittaaVariant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems
4Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
5Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
6Proto-Uralic-kta-

via Finnish virhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirhemistake; error; flaw
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta-Every word from Finnish -ttääEvery word from Finnish -ittaa