Where does “kihartaa” come from?

kihartaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka, from Proto-Uralic taka — a place behind.

kihartaa (Finnish): to curl, make curls to; to curl; Third-person...

Definitions

  1. to curl, make curls to; to curl; Third-person...

Ancestry of “kihartaa”, step by step

kihartaa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish taa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
2Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
3Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
4Proto-Uralictakaa place behind

via Finnish kihara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiharacurly; complicated, difficult; curl

Words derived from “kihartaa

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