Where does “keeristorm” come from?

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

keeristorm (Estonian): cyclone

Definitions

  1. cyclone

Ancestry of “keeristorm”, step by step

keeristorm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian keeris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankeerisvortex; turbulence
2Estoniankeeramato turn
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

via Estonian torm

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniantormstorm
2Middle Low Germanstorm—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →