Where does “kiertää” come from?

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

kiertää (Finnish): to turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...

Definitions

  1. to turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...

Ancestry of “kiertää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
2Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
3Proto-Uralickerä—

Words derived from “kiertää”

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