Where does “kierteissumu” come from?

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

kierteissumu (Finnish): spiral nebula, spiral galaxy

Definitions

  1. spiral nebula, spiral galaxy

Ancestry of “kierteissumu”, step by step

kierteissumu 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 sumu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsumufog, mist; nebula
2Proto-Finnicsumufog, mist
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →