Where does “kihartua” come from?

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

kihartua (Finnish): to curl

Definitions

  1. to curl

Ancestry of “kihartua”, step by step

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