Where does “kierre” come from?

kierre (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

kierre (Finnish): thread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral

Definitions

  1. thread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral

Ancestry of “kierre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
2Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
3Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
4Proto-Uralickerä

Words derived from “kierre

Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä