Where does “hevoskierto” come from?

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

hevoskierto (Finnish): a type of horse-powered engine that was powered by horses walking in circles (like in a horse mill)

Definitions

  1. a type of horse-powered engine that was powered by horses walking in circles (like in a horse mill)

Ancestry of “hevoskierto”, step by step

hevoskierto 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 hevonen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhevonenhorse, "Equus caballus"; horse; knight
2Proto-Finnichepoinenhorse
3Proto-Finnic-inen-ish, -ic, -like, -y; -en
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →
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