Where does “alakierre” come from?

alakierre (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierre, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

alakierre (Finnish): backspin

Definitions

  1. backspin

Ancestry of “alakierre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierrethread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral
2Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

Words derived from “alakierre”

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