Where does “kiertonikama” come from?
kiertonikama (Finnish) comes from Finnish nikama, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
kiertonikama (Finnish): axis, epistropheus
Ancestry of “kiertonikama”, step by step
kiertonikama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nikama
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nikama | vertebra |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |
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 | — |
Words derived from “kiertonikama”