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

  1. spurt; Third-person singular indicative past form...

Ancestry of “kiri”, step by step

kiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiristää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiristääto tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind
2Finnishkireätight, taut; tense
3Proto-Finnickiredähard, stiff
4Proto-Finno-Permickirɜ—

via Latin Cȳrillus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCȳrillus—
2Ancient GreekΚύριλλος—
3Ancient Greekκῡ́ριοςmain; major; primary; principal

Words derived from “kiri”

Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kiredä →Every word from Finnish kireä →