Where does “ilmakiharrin” come from?

ilmakiharrin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiharrin, from Finnish kihartaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

ilmakiharrin (Finnish): air curler, air styler

Definitions

  1. air curler, air styler

Ancestry of “ilmakiharrin”, step by step

ilmakiharrin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiharrin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkiharrinAny device used for curling the hair, but usually...
2Finnishkihartaato curl, make curls to; to curl; Third-person...
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish Ilma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishIlmaair
2Finnish-riUsed to create names of occupations from nouns or...
3Finnish-raForms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal...
4Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
5Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Uralic takaEvery word from Proto-Finnic takaEvery word from Finnish taka
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