Where does “kiertäjänikama” come from?

kiertäjänikama (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiertäjä, from Finnish jä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

kiertäjänikama (Finnish): The axis vertebra

Definitions

  1. The axis vertebra

Ancestry of “kiertäjänikama”, step by step

kiertäjänikama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiertäjä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiertäjä"agent noun of the verb" kiertää
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives

via Finnish nikama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnikamavertebra
2FinnishI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷeEvery word from Proto-Germanic -hwEvery word from Proto-Germanic jahw