Where does “kuunkehrä” come from?

kuunkehrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kuu, from Finnish kuusi, from Proto-Finnic kuuci, from Proto-Uralic kutte — ridge; six.

kuunkehrä (Finnish): moon as a disk in the sky

Definitions

  1. moon as a disk in the sky

Ancestry of “kuunkehrä”, step by step

kuunkehrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kuu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKuuThe Moon the satellite of the Earth
2Finnishkuusisix; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies"
3Proto-Finnickuucisix
4Proto-Uralickutteridge; six

via Finnish kehrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehräspindle; a rotating spindle or disk in a machine;...
2Proto-Finnickecräspindle; wheel, flywheel
3Proto-Indo-Europeanketstram—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kutte →Every word from Proto-Finnic kuuci →Every word from Finnish kuusi →