Where does “kier” come from?

kier (Livonian) comes from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

kier (Livonian): turn

Definitions

  1. turn

Ancestry of “kier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnickeertädäkto turn; to spin thread
2Proto-Finnickeerätwisted
3Proto-Uralickerä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keerä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keertädäk →