Where does “kuparikierukka” come from?

kuparikierukka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierukka, from Finnish kierä, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

kuparikierukka (Finnish): copper coil intrauterine device

Definitions

  1. copper coil intrauterine device

Ancestry of “kuparikierukka”, step by step

kuparikierukka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierukkacoil; scroll
2Finnishkierätoo twisted
3Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
4Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish kupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuparicopper
2Old Swedishkoppar—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Finnish kierä →