Where does “kierteisgalaksi” come from?

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

kierteisgalaksi (Finnish): spiral galaxy

Definitions

  1. spiral galaxy

Ancestry of “kierteisgalaksi”, step by step

kierteisgalaksi 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 galaksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgalaksigalaxy
2Swedishgalaxgalaxy; a large collection of stars
3Ancient Greekγαλαξίαςthe Milky Way galaxy; tailor's chalk; dogfish
4Ancient Greekγάλαmilk; milky sap; the Milky Way galaxy
5Proto-Indo-Europeanglakt-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →