Where does “kurkistusaukko” come from?

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

kurkistusaukko (Finnish): peephole

Definitions

  1. peephole

Ancestry of “kurkistusaukko”, step by step

kurkistusaukko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kurkistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkistuspeek, peer
2Finnishkurkistaato peek, peer
3FinnishkurkkiaTo peek, peep
4Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
5Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
6Proto-Uralic-j-—

via Finnish aukko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaukkohole; gap; opening
2Proto-Finnicaukkohole; gap, opening
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →
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