Where does “mõnikord” come from?

mõnikord (Estonian) comes from Estonian kord, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

mõnikord (Estonian): sometimes

Definitions

  1. sometimes

Ancestry of “mõnikord”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankordtime, occasion; order, regime, system; once, once...
2Proto-Finnickertatime
3Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
4Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kert- →Every word from Proto-Finnic kerta →