Where does “tunkeilu” come from?

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

tunkeilu (Finnish): intruding

Definitions

  1. intruding

Ancestry of “tunkeilu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunkeillato intrude; Adessive plural form of tunkki
2Finnishtunkeato cram, squeeze
3Proto-Finnictunkedakto cram
Every word from Proto-Finnic tunkedak →Every word from Finnish tunkea →Every word from Finnish tunkeilla →