Where does “loppukiri” come from?
loppukiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiri, from Finnish kiristää, from Finnish kireä, from Proto-Finnic kiredä, from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ.
loppukiri (Finnish): final spurt; kick
Ancestry of “loppukiri”, step by step
loppukiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiri | spurt; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Finnish | kiristää | to tighten; to extort, blackmail; to gnash, grind |
| 3 | Finnish | kireä | tight, taut; tense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kiredä | hard, stiff |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kirɜ | — |
via Finnish loppu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | loppu | end, ending, finish, conclusion; The End; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | loppu | end, ending |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | loppi | (inside) corner |