Where does “kiharruspihdit” come from?
kiharruspihdit (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiharrus, from Finnish kihartaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.
kiharruspihdit (Finnish): curling tongs
Definitions
- curling tongs
Ancestry of “kiharruspihdit”, step by step
kiharruspihdit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiharrus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiharrus | curling making curled |
| 2 | Finnish | kihartaa | to curl, make curls to; to curl; Third-person... |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |