Where does “kehräin” come from?

kehräin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehrätä, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

kehräin (Finnish): spindle, especially that of a spinning machine

Definitions

  1. spindle, especially that of a spinning machine

Ancestry of “kehräin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehrätäto spin; to purr
2Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
4Proto-Uralic-täfrom
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish kehrätä →