Where does “kieritellä” come from?

kieritellä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierittää, from Finnish -ttää, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.

kieritellä (Finnish): to roll around, to roll about

Definitions

  1. to roll around, to roll about

Ancestry of “kieritellä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierittääto roll
2Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
3Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
4Proto-Uralic-kta-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic -kta- →Every word from Finnish -ttää →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ttadak →