Where does “syöksykierre” come from?
syöksykierre (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierre, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
syöksykierre (Finnish): spin
Ancestry of “syöksykierre”, step by step
syöksykierre 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 syöksy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | syöksy | rush, swoop; dive; ejection |
| 2 | Finnish | syöstä | to throw, plunge; to spew out, belch |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | sööstäk | to push in, to plunge into; to spew, to boil over |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -stak | — |