Where does “kier” come from?
kier (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.
kier (Livonian): turn
Ancestry of “kier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | keertädäk | to turn; to spin thread |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | keerä | twisted |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | kerä | — |