Where does “kiristysnauha” come from?

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

kiristysnauha (Finnish): a ribbon used as a drawstring (to make something tighter)

Definitions

  1. a ribbon used as a drawstring (to make something tighter)

Ancestry of “kiristysnauha”, step by step

kiristysnauha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiristys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiristystightening; blackmail, extortion
2Finnishkiristääto tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind
3Finnishkireätight, taut; tense
4Proto-Finnickiredähard, stiff
5Proto-Finno-Permickirɜ—

via Finnish nauha

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnauharibbon, band, string; lace, shoelace; tape
2Proto-Finnicnauharibbon, band
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kiredä →Every word from Finnish kireä →
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