Where does “kuolemankierre” come from?

kuolemankierre (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierre, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

kuolemankierre (Finnish): death spiral situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure

Definitions

  1. death spiral situation or course of action of one who is on a path toward some sort of inevitable catastrophic failure

Ancestry of “kuolemankierre”, step by step

kuolemankierre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierrethread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral
2Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish kuolema

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuolemadeath, demise, decease; deathly
2Proto-Finnickoolemadeath
3Proto-Finnickooldakto die
4Proto-Uralickale-to die
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →