Where does “vikerkaar” come from?

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

vikerkaar (Estonian): rainbow

Definitions

  1. rainbow

Ancestry of “vikerkaar”, step by step

vikerkaar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian kaar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estoniankaararc
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing

via Estonian viker

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianviker—

Words derived from “vikerkaar”

Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaari →Every word from Estonian kaar →