Where does “kiertyä” come from?

kiertyä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

kiertyä (Finnish): to spin

Definitions

  1. to spin

Ancestry of “kiertyä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
2Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
3Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
4Proto-Uralickerä—

Words derived from “kiertyä”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →
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