Where does “kurkistus” come from?

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

kurkistus (Finnish): peek, peer

Definitions

  1. peek, peer

Ancestry of “kurkistus”, step by step

kurkistus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurkistaa

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

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “kurkistus”

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