Where does “kierrevatkain” come from?

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

kierrevatkain (Finnish): spiral whisk; a wire whisk with a horseshoe-shaped flat curly end

Definitions

  1. spiral whisk; a wire whisk with a horseshoe-shaped flat curly end

Ancestry of “kierrevatkain”, step by step

kierrevatkain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierrethread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral
2Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish vatkain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvatkainmixer
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
4Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →