Where does “pelikierros” come from?
pelikierros (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierros, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
pelikierros (Finnish): game round
Ancestry of “pelikierros”, step by step
pelikierros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kierros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kierros | round, lap; round; rotation, revolution |
| 2 | Finnish | kiertää | to turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | keertädäk | to turn; to spin thread |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keerä | twisted |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | kerä | — |
via Finnish peli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peli | game; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | spel | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |