Where does “käsipyörä” come from?

käsipyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish käsi, from Finnish kahdeksan, from Proto-Finnic kakteksa, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

käsipyörä (Finnish): handwheel

Definitions

  1. handwheel

Ancestry of “käsipyörä”, step by step

käsipyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäsihand; arm
2Finnishkahdeksaneight
3Proto-Finnickakteksaeight
4Proto-Finnickakcitwo
5Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish pyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakteksa →