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

Definitions

  1. peekaboo

Ancestry of “kurkistusleikki”, step by step

kurkistusleikki 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 leikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleikkiplay; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Old Swedishleker—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →