Where does “aivokierto” come from?

aivokierto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierto, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

aivokierto (Finnish): brain circulation circular movement of skilled labour across nations

Definitions

  1. brain circulation circular movement of skilled labour across nations

Ancestry of “aivokierto”, step by step

aivokierto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiertorotation; circulation; Short for sointukierto
2Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish aivot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaivotbrain
2Proto-Finnicaivobrain
3Proto-Uralicajŋebrain
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →
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