Where does “kiri” come from?
kiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiristää, from Finnish kireä, from Proto-Finnic kiredä, from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ.
kiri (Finnish): spurt; Third-person singular indicative past form...
Definitions
- spurt; Third-person singular indicative past form...
Ancestry of “kiri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kiristää | to tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind |
| 2 | Finnish | kireä | tight, taut; tense |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kiredä | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kirɜ | — |
Words derived from “kiri”