Where does “pudotuskierros” come from?

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

pudotuskierros (Finnish): elimination round

Definitions

  1. elimination round

Ancestry of “pudotuskierros”, step by step

pudotuskierros 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 pudotus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpudotusfall; act of dropping; dropdown
2FinnishpudottaaTo drop
3Finnishpudotato fall (from an elevated position); to fall down, fall off; to drop, slip
4Proto-Finnicpudot'akto fall off
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →