Where does “kirikierros” come from?
kirikierros (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiri, from Finnish kiristää, from Finnish kireä, from Proto-Finnic kiredä, from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ.
kirikierros (Finnish): sprint lap
Ancestry of “kirikierros”, step by step
kirikierros 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 kierros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kierros | round, lap; round; rotation, revolution |
| 2 | Finnish | kiertää | to turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keertädäk | to turn; to spin thread |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keerä | twisted |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kerä | — |