Where does “kierteiselin” come from?

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

kierteiselin (Finnish): organ of Corti

Definitions

  1. organ of Corti

Ancestry of “kierteiselin”, step by step

kierteiselin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierteinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierteinenhelical; threaded; having spin
2Finnishkierrethread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral
3Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
4Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
5Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
6Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish elin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinorgan of an organism; governmental body; member
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 →