Where does “kierrekaira” come from?
kierrekaira (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierre, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
kierrekaira (Finnish): helical auger
Ancestry of “kierrekaira”, step by step
kierrekaira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kierre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kierre | thread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral |
| 2 | Finnish | kiertää | to turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keertädäk | to turn; to spin thread |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keerä | twisted |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kerä | — |
via Finnish kaira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaira | auger; Short for jääkaira; core drill |
| 2 | Sanskrit | कार्य | function, act, deed; work, business, enterprise;... |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कृ | to make |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷer- | to do; to make; to build |