Where does “kirittäjä” come from?

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

kirittäjä (Finnish): pacesetter

Definitions

  1. pacesetter

Ancestry of “kirittäjä”, step by step

kirittäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirittää

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirittääto cheer on, pace, spur on
2Finnishkirispurt; Third-person singular indicative past form...
3Finnishkiristääto tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind
4Finnishkireätight, taut; tense
5Proto-Finnickiredähard, stiff
6Proto-Finno-Permickirɜ—

via Finnish jä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjäice
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja—
3Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
4Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
5Proto-Germanic-hwe—
6Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kiredä →Every word from Finnish kireä →