Where does “vihmakaarre” come from?

vihmakaarre (Ingrian) comes from Finnish kaarre, from Finnish kaartaa, from Proto-Finnic kaartadak, from Proto-Finnic kaari, from Proto-Uralic këŋere — curved thing.

vihmakaarre (Ingrian): rainbow

Definitions

  1. rainbow

Ancestry of “vihmakaarre”, step by step

vihmakaarre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaarre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaarrebend, curve
2Finnishkaartaato curve, bend, turn, arch
3Proto-Finnickaartadakto curve, to bend
4Proto-Finnickaaricurve
5Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing

via Ingrian vihma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ingrianvihmarain
2Proto-Finnicvihmarain
Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaari →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaartadak →