Where does “kiertoheiluri” come from?
kiertoheiluri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierto, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
kiertoheiluri (Finnish): torsion pendulum
Ancestry of “kiertoheiluri”, step by step
kiertoheiluri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kierto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kierto | rotation; circulation; Short for sointukierto |
| 2 | Finnish | kiertää | to turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keertädäk | to turn; to spin thread |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keerä | twisted |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kerä | — |
via Finnish heiluri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heiluri | pendulum |
| 2 | Finnish | heilua | to swing, to sway, to rock; to be loose; to swing |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | heiludak | to swing, to sway, to rock |