Where does “kurkistuskirja” come from?

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

kurkistuskirja (Finnish): lift-the-flap book

Definitions

  1. lift-the-flap book

Ancestry of “kurkistuskirja”, step by step

kurkistuskirja 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 kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →