Where does “kiristin” come from?

kiristin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiristää, from Finnish kireä, from Proto-Finnic kiredä, from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ.

kiristin (Finnish): tightener; First-person singular indicative past...

Definitions

  1. tightener; First-person singular indicative past...

Ancestry of “kiristin”, step by step

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

Words derived from “kiristin”

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