Where does “kurkata” come from?

kurkata (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurkkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

kurkata (Finnish): to peek

Definitions

  1. to peek

Ancestry of “kurkata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkurkkiaTo peek, peep
2Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
3Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
4Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “kurkata”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →
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