Where does “kierros” come from?

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

kierros (Finnish): round, lap; round; rotation, revolution

Definitions

  1. round, lap; round; rotation, revolution

Ancestry of “kierros”, step by step

kierros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiertää

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

via Finnish os

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishos—

Words derived from “kierros”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →