Where does “maastopyörä” come from?

maastopyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish maasto, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.

maastopyörä (Finnish): A mountain bike

Definitions

  1. A mountain bike

Ancestry of “maastopyörä”, step by step

maastopyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maasto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaastoterrain
2Finnishmääbaa; I
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood

via Finnish pyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -uc →Every word from Finnish -inen →Every word from Finnish -uus →