Where does “elinkierto” come from?
elinkierto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierto, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
elinkierto (Finnish): lifecycle
Ancestry of “elinkierto”, step by step
elinkierto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kierto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kierto | rotation; circulation; Short for sointukierto |
| 2 | Finnish | kiertää | to turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keertädäk | to turn; to spin thread |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keerä | twisted |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kerä | — |
via Finnish elin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elin | organ of an organism; governmental body; member |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |