Where does “taajakierre” come from?

taajakierre (Finnish) comes from Finnish kierre, from Finnish kiertää, from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

Ancestry of “taajakierre”, step by step

taajakierre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kierre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkierrethread; worm; helix; whirl, spiral
2Finnishkiertääto turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,...
3Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
4Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
5Proto-Uralickerä—

via Finnish taaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajathick, dense; frequent
2Proto-Finnictakjadense, thick
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →