Where does “krossipyörä” come from?
krossipyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish krossi, from Swedish gross, from French gros, from Old French gros, from Latin grossus, from Old High German grōz, from Proto-West Germanic graut, from Proto-Germanic grautaz — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
krossipyörä (Finnish): mountain bike, especially one for boys
Definitions
- mountain bike, especially one for boys
Ancestry of “krossipyörä”, step by step
krossipyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish krossi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | krossi | gross twelve dozen |
| 2 | Swedish | gross | a gross, twelve dozen |
| 3 | French | gros | big, thick, fat; coarse, rough; famous |
| 4 | Old French | gros | big; large |
| 5 | Latin | grossus | coarse, unrefined; young, green, immature; thick,... |
| 6 | Old High German | grōz | big, large, thick; great; large, thick, coarse |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | graut | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | grautaz | coarse, crude; big, large |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |