Where does “kehiä” come from?

kehiä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

kehiä (Finnish): to wind, roll; Partitive plural form of kehä

Definitions

  1. to wind, roll; Partitive plural form of kehä

Ancestry of “kehiä”, step by step

kehiä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishiaObsolete spelling of ja
2Finnishjaand; AND
3Proto-Finnicjaand
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe—
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish kehä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehäcircle, ring; halo; circle, circumference
2Proto-Finnickehäcircle, ring
3Proto-Finnickeššä—
4Proto-Finno-Ugrickeččä—

Words derived from “kehiä”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Germanic -hw →Every word from Proto-Germanic jahw →