Where does “salakuuntelu” come from?

salakuuntelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuuntelu, from Finnish kuunnella, from Proto-Finnic kundeldak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric kontale-.

salakuuntelu (Finnish): eavesdropping

Definitions

  1. eavesdropping

Ancestry of “salakuuntelu”, step by step

salakuuntelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuuntelu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuuntelulistening
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

Words derived from “salakuuntelu”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric kontale- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kundeldak →Every word from Finnish kuunnella →
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