Where does “kurkistella” come from?

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

Ancestry of “kurkistella”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkistaato peek, peer
2FinnishkurkkiaTo peek, peep
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—

Words derived from “kurkistella”

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