Where does “ryyppykierre” come from?
ryyppykierre (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierre, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
ryyppykierre (Finnish): alcoholic spiral, drinking spiral, downward spiral of alcoholism
Definitions
- alcoholic spiral, drinking spiral, downward spiral of alcoholism
Ancestry of “ryyppykierre”, step by step
ryyppykierre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kierre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kierre | thread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral |
| 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 ryyppy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ryyppy | drink, dram, snifter; gulp, sip; primer |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |