Where does “sekoilija” come from?

sekoilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekoilla, from Finnish seko, from Finnish sekopää, from Finnish pää, from Proto-Finnic pää, from Proto-Uralic päŋe — head.

sekoilija (Finnish): agent noun of sekoilla: weirdo, kook

Definitions

  1. agent noun of sekoilla: weirdo, kook

Ancestry of “sekoilija”, step by step

sekoilija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sekoilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekoillato bumble around, bumble about; to muck around,...
2Finnishsekonut, nutcase, loon, fruitcake
3Finnishsekopäänutcase, loon, kook, screwball
4Finnishpäähead; end, tip
5Proto-Finnicpäähead
6Proto-Uralicpäŋehead

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →