Where does “letkunkiristin” come from?

letkunkiristin (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiristin, from Finnish kiristää, from Finnish kireä, from Proto-Finnic kiredä, from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ.

letkunkiristin (Finnish): hose clamp, hose clip, hose lock

Definitions

  1. hose clamp, hose clip, hose lock

Ancestry of “letkunkiristin”, step by step

letkunkiristin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiristin

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

via Finnish letku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishletkuA hosepipe, hose
2Russianплёткаwhip
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜEvery word from Proto-Finnic kiredäEvery word from Finnish kireä