Where does “mootorratas” come from?

mootorratas (Estonian) comes from Estonian ratas, from Proto-Finnic rat'as — wheel; ? cart.

mootorratas (Estonian): motorcycle, motorbike

Definitions

  1. motorcycle, motorbike

Ancestry of “mootorratas”, step by step

mootorratas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ratas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianrataswheel; bicycle
2Proto-Finnicrat'aswheel; ? cart

via Estonian mootor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmootor—
Every word from Proto-Finnic rat'as →Every word from Estonian ratas →