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

  1. curling tongs

Ancestry of “kiharruspihdit”, step by step

kiharruspihdit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiharrus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiharruscurling making curled
2Finnishkihartaato curl, make curls to; to curl; Third-person...
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish pihdit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpihditpliers; tongs; forceps
2Finnishpihtiany two-pronged handtool or artifact to hold,...
3Proto-Finnicpihtisplint holder
4Proto-Finno-Permicpište
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