Where does “kiristysruuvi” come from?

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

kiristysruuvi (Finnish): set screw, tension screw, clamping screw

Definitions

  1. set screw, tension screw, clamping screw

Ancestry of “kiristysruuvi”, step by step

kiristysruuvi 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 ruuvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruuviscrew
2Middle Low Germanschrūvescrew machine
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kiredä →Every word from Finnish kireä →
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