Where does “kiertopotku” come from?
kiertopotku (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierto, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
kiertopotku (Finnish): roundhouse kick
Ancestry of “kiertopotku”, step by step
kiertopotku 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 potku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | potku | kick; a side net steering fish towards a fyke |
| 2 | Finnish | potkia | to kick; Partitive plural form of potka |
| 3 | Votic | -ia | — |