Where does “juomakierre” come from?
juomakierre (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierre, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
juomakierre (Finnish): drinking spiral
Ancestry of “juomakierre”, step by step
juomakierre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kierre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kierre | thread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral |
| 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 juoma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | juoma | drink; beverage; Agent participle of juoda |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | jooma | drink; beverage |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | joodak | to drink |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | jëxe- | to drink; to flow? |