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

Definitions

  1. final spurt; kick

Ancestry of “loppukiri”, step by step

loppukiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiri

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

via Finnish loppu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishloppuend, ending, finish, conclusion; The End; the...
2Proto-Finnicloppuend, ending
3Proto-Finnicloppi(inside) corner
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic kirɜ →Every word from Proto-Finnic kiredä →Every word from Finnish kireä →