Where does “salakuuntelija” come from?

salakuuntelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuuntelija, from Finnish kuunnella, from Proto-Finnic kundeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kontale-.

salakuuntelija (Finnish): eavesdropper

Definitions

  1. eavesdropper

Ancestry of “salakuuntelija”, step by step

salakuuntelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuuntelija

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuuntelijalistener
2Finnishkuunnellato listen; to listen in, eavesdrop; often with...
3Proto-Finnickundeldakto listen (to)
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickontale-—

via Finnish sala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsalaA secret
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*sala—
3Proto-Uralicśalaelm
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kontale- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kundeldak →Every word from Finnish kuunnella →