Where does “salakatselu” come from?

salakatselu (Finnish) comes from Finnish katselu, from Finnish katsella, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

salakatselu (Finnish): the crime of violating someone's privacy by viewing, listening to or recording them using a device while in the privacy of their own home or in some public locations, such as dressing areas

Definitions

  1. the crime of violating someone's privacy by viewing, listening to or recording them using a device while in the privacy of their own home or in some public locations, such as dressing areas

Ancestry of “salakatselu”, step by step

salakatselu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katselu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatseluwatching, watch, viewing, looking
2FinnishkatsellaTo watch
3Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
4Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
5Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →