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Where does “tunkeilla” come from?

tunkeilla (Finnish) comes from Finnish tunkea, from Proto-Finnic tunkedak — to cram.

tunkeilla (Finnish): to intrude; Adessive plural form of tunkki

Definitions

  1. to intrude; Adessive plural form of tunkki

Ancestry of “tunkeilla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunkeato cram, squeeze
2Proto-Finnictunkedakto cram

Words derived from “tunkeilla”

  • tunkeilija
Every word from Proto-Finnic tunkedak →