Where does “keeris” come from?

keeris (Estonian) comes from Estonian keerama, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

keeris (Estonian): vortex; turbulence

Definitions

  1. vortex; turbulence

Ancestry of “keeris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankeeramato turn
2Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
3Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
4Proto-Uralickerä—

Words derived from “keeris”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →