Where does “paraabelikaari” come from?

paraabelikaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaari, from Proto-Finnic kaari, from Proto-Uralic këŋere — curved thing.

paraabelikaari (Finnish): parabolic arc

Definitions

  1. parabolic arc

Ancestry of “paraabelikaari”, step by step

paraabelikaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaaricurve; bow; arch
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing

via Finnish paraabeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparaabeliparabola
2Swedishparabela parabola; a parable, a short story with an...
3GermanParabelparable; parabola
Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaari →Every word from Finnish kaari →