Where does “kiriherkkä” come from?
kiriherkkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiri, from Finnish kiristää, from Finnish kireä, from Proto-Finnic kiredä, from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ.
kiriherkkä (Finnish): tending to spurt
Ancestry of “kiriherkkä”, step by step
kiriherkkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiri | spurt; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Finnish | kiristää | to tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind |
| 3 | Finnish | kireä | tight, taut; tense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kiredä | hard, stiff |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kirɜ | — |
via Finnish herkkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | herkkä | delicate, vulnerable; physically sensitive,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | herkkä | sensitive, delicate |
Words derived from “kiriherkkä”