Where does “kirittää” come from?
kirittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiri, from Finnish kiristää, from Finnish kireä, from Proto-Finnic kiredä, from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ.
kirittää (Finnish): to cheer on, pace, spur on
Definitions
- to cheer on, pace, spur on
Ancestry of “kirittää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kirɜ | — |