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

  1. to cheer on, pace, spur on

Ancestry of “kirittää”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirispurt; Third-person singular indicative past form...
2Finnishkiristääto tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind
3Finnishkireätight, taut; tense
4Proto-Finnickiredähard, stiff
5Proto-Finno-Permickirɜ—

Words derived from “kirittää”

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