Where does “pähkäily” come from?

pähkäily (Finnish) comes from Finnish pähkäillä, from Finnish pahka, from Proto-Finnic pahka, from Proto-Uralic pakša.

pähkäily (Finnish): pondering, figuring

Definitions

  1. pondering, figuring

Ancestry of “pähkäily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpähkäilläto ponder, to figure
2Finnishpahkaburl US, bur, burr, gnarl tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner
3Proto-Finnicpahkaburl, burr, gnarl
4Proto-Uralicpakša—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pakša →Every word from Proto-Finnic pahka →Every word from Finnish pahka →