Where does “kaarto” come from?

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

kaarto (Finnish): turn, bend, curve

Definitions

  1. turn, bend, curve

Ancestry of “kaarto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaartaato curve, bend, turn, arch
2Proto-Finnickaartadakto curve, to bend
3Proto-Finnickaaricurve
4Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing

Words derived from “kaarto”

Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaari →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaartadak →