Where does “kaarteinen” come from?

kaarteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaarre, from Finnish kaartaa, from Proto-Finnic kaartadak, from Proto-Finnic kaari, from Proto-Uralic këŋere — curved thing.

kaarteinen (Finnish): meandering, curving, twisted

Definitions

  1. meandering, curving, twisted

Ancestry of “kaarteinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaarrebend, curve
2Finnishkaartaato curve, bend, turn, arch
3Proto-Finnickaartadakto curve, to bend
4Proto-Finnickaaricurve
5Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing
Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaari →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaartadak →