Where does “keskiötyökalu” come from?

keskiötyökalu (Finnish) comes from Finnish työkalu, from Finnish työ, from Proto-Finnic töö, from Proto-Finnic tek, from Proto-Uralic te — you.

keskiötyökalu (Finnish): hub tool, bicycle hub tool, bike hub tool tool for disassembling a bicycle hub

Definitions

  1. hub tool, bicycle hub tool, bike hub tool tool for disassembling a bicycle hub

Ancestry of “keskiötyökalu”, step by step

keskiötyökalu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish työkalu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyökalutool
2Finnishtyöwork; job; you
3Proto-FinnictööAlternative form of *tek; work, labour
4Proto-Finnictekyou
5Proto-Uralicteyou

via Finnish keskiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskiöcentre, core; hub; bottom bracket
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Uralic te →Every word from Proto-Finnic tek →Every word from Proto-Finnic töö →