Where does “jarruvipu” come from?

jarruvipu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vipu, from Proto-Finnic vipu — lever.

jarruvipu (Finnish): brake lever lever or similar used to actuate a brake

Definitions

  1. brake lever lever or similar used to actuate a brake

Ancestry of “jarruvipu”, step by step

jarruvipu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vipu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvipulever; a certain kind of trap
2Proto-Finnicvipulever

via Finnish jarru

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjarrubrake; bromide
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