Where does “kaulakiikku” come from?
kaulakiikku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaula, from Proto-Finnic kakla, from Proto-Indo-European kʷékʷlos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
kaulakiikku (Finnish): gallows
Ancestry of “kaulakiikku”, step by step
kaulakiikku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaula | neck; distance between a frontrunner and the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kakla | neck |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷékʷlos | wheel; circle |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
via Finnish kiikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiikku | seesaw, teeter-totter, teeterboard |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |