Where does “kitkapyörä” come from?

kitkapyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyörä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä.

kitkapyörä (Finnish): friction wheel

Definitions

  1. friction wheel

Ancestry of “kitkapyörä”, step by step

kitkapyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—

via Finnish Kitka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKitkaname of a lake
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä →Every word from Finnish pyörä →