Where does “kaarjas” come from?

kaarjas (Estonian) comes from Estonian kaar, from Proto-Finnic kaari, from Proto-Uralic këŋere — curved thing.

kaarjas (Estonian): arched, curved

Definitions

  1. arched, curved

Ancestry of “kaarjas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankaararc
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing
Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaari →Every word from Estonian kaar →