kaira.
auger (carpenter's tool for boring holes)
Meaning & usage
auger (carpenter's tool for boring holes)
ellipsis of jääkaira
core drill (device for boring a cylindrical sample out of solid material)
a triangular piece of fabric; gore
Where this word comes from
From Proto-Finnic *kaira, borrowed from Proto-Norse *ᚷᚨᛁᛉᚨᛉ (*gaiʀaʀ) (whence Old Norse geirr (“spear”)), itself from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. Doublet of keihäs.
large wilderness between rivers in northern Finland
Where this word comes from
From a Sami language, compare Northern Sami skáidi (“land between rivers, cape”), from Proto-Samic *skājδē.
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