Where does “vääristely” come from?
vääristely (Finnish) comes from Finnish vääristellä, from Finnish vääristää, from Finnish väärä, from Old Swedish fahra, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
vääristely (Finnish): a twist
Ancestry of “vääristely”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | vääristellä | To twist |
| 2 | Finnish | vääristää | to distort; to deform; to warp |
| 3 | Finnish | väärä | wrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | fahra | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 6 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |