Where does “kertta” come from?

kertta (Veps) comes from Proto-Finnic keertädäk, from Proto-Finnic keerä, from Proto-Uralic kerä.

kertta (Veps): to twist

Definitions

  1. to twist

Ancestry of “kertta”, 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 →
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