Where does “kurkkailla” come from?

kurkkailla (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurkata, from Finnish kurkkia, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.

Ancestry of “kurkkailla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkurkatato peek
2FinnishkurkkiaTo peek, peep
3Finnish-iaForms primarily transitive verbs describing...
4Proto-Finnic-idakapplicative suffix
5Proto-Uralic-j-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -j- →Every word from Finnish -ia →Every word from Proto-Finnic -idak →