Where does “kevytmoottoripyörä” come from?

kevytmoottoripyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish moottoripyörä, from Finnish moottori, from Swedish motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

kevytmoottoripyörä (Finnish): light motorcycle

Definitions

  1. light motorcycle

Ancestry of “kevytmoottoripyörä”, step by step

kevytmoottoripyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moottoripyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoottoripyörämotorcycle
2Finnishmoottoriengine, motor
3Swedishmotorengine, motor
4Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
5Latin-tor-er
6Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
8Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Finnish kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin motor