Where does “kolmipyörä” come from?

kolmipyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolmi-, from Finnish kolme, from Finnish kolmi, from Proto-Uralic *kolme.

kolmipyörä (Finnish): tricycle

Definitions

  1. tricycle

Ancestry of “kolmipyörä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmi-tri-, three-, triple
2Finnishkolmethree
3Finnishkolmitri-
4Proto-Uralic*kolme—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kolme →Every word from Finnish kolmi →Every word from Finnish kolmi- →