Where does “sekoilu” come from?

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

sekoilu (Finnish): mucking around, messing around, messing about

Definitions

  1. mucking around, messing around, messing about

Ancestry of “sekoilu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsekoillato bumble around, bumble about; to muck around,...
2Finnishsekonut, nutcase, loon, fruitcake
3Finnishsekopäänutcase, loon, kook, screwball
4Finnishpäähead; end, tip
5Proto-Finnicpäähead
6Proto-Uralicpäŋehead
Every word from Proto-Uralic päŋe →Every word from Proto-Finnic pää →Every word from Finnish pää →