Where does “kaksoiskierukka” come from?

kaksoiskierukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaksois-, from Finnish kaksi, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kaksoiskierukka (Finnish): coiled-coil filament

Definitions

  1. coiled-coil filament

Ancestry of “kaksoiskierukka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaksois-double, binary, twin
2Finnishkaksitwo
3Proto-Finnickakcitwo
4Proto-Uralic*kakta—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Finnish kaksi →
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