Where does “odotuskierros” come from?

odotuskierros (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierros, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

odotuskierros (Finnish): holding pattern

Definitions

  1. holding pattern

Ancestry of “odotuskierros”, step by step

odotuskierros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierrosround, lap; round; rotation, revolution
2Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish odotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishodotuswait, waiting; expectation, anticipation
2Finnishodottaato wait (for), await, expect, anticipate
3Proto-Finno-Permicoća-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →