Where does “käynnistyspotku” come from?

käynnistyspotku (Finnish) comes from Finnish käynnistys, from Finnish käynnistää, from Finnish käynti, from Finnish käydä, from Proto-Finnic käüdäk, from Proto-Finnic käwe-, from Proto-Germanic *skēwijaną — to go.

käynnistyspotku (Finnish): kick start act of starting a motrorcycle by depressing its kick bar

Definitions

  1. kick start act of starting a motrorcycle by depressing its kick bar

Ancestry of “käynnistyspotku”, step by step

käynnistyspotku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käynnistys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäynnistysstart; induction; bootup, startup
2Finnishkäynnistääto start; to launch, strike up
3FinnishkäyntiA gait or walk of a human; The gait or walk of a...
4Finnishkäydäto visit, go to (and return), attend (a place)
5Proto-Finnickäüdäkto walk, to go
6Proto-Finnickäwe-
7Proto-Germanic*skēwijanąto go

via Finnish potku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotkukick; a side net steering fish towards a fyke
2Finnishpotkiato kick; Partitive plural form of potka
3Votic-ia
Every word from Proto-Germanic *skēwijanąEvery word from Proto-Finnic käwe-Every word from Proto-Finnic käüdäk