Where does “velkakierre” come from?

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

velkakierre (Finnish): debt spiral

Definitions

  1. debt spiral

Ancestry of “velkakierre”, step by step

velkakierre 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 velka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvelkadebt
2Proto-Finnicvelkadebt
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →