Where does “kurkistusleikki” come from?
kurkistusleikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurkistus, from Finnish kurkistaa, from Finnish kurkkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
kurkistusleikki (Finnish): peekaboo
Ancestry of “kurkistusleikki”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kurkistus | peek, peer |
| 2 | Finnish | kurkistaa | to peek, peer |
| 3 | Finnish | kurkkia | To peek, peep |
| 4 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |