Where does “kierukka” come from?

kierukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierä, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

kierukka (Finnish): coil; scroll

Definitions

  1. coil; scroll

Ancestry of “kierukka”, step by step

kierukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierätoo twisted
2Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
3Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish ukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishukka—

Words derived from “kierukka”

Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Finnish kierä →