Where does “kurkistelija” come from?

kurkistelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurkistella, from Finnish kurkistaa, from Finnish kurkkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

kurkistelija (Finnish): peeper one who peeps

Definitions

  1. peeper one who peeps

Ancestry of “kurkistelija”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkistella—
2Finnishkurkistaato peek, peer
3FinnishkurkkiaTo peek, peep
4Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →