Where does “maastopyöräily” come from?
maastopyöräily (Finnish) comes from Finnish maasto, from Finnish mää, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
maastopyöräily (Finnish): mountain biking
Ancestry of “maastopyöräily”, step by step
maastopyöräily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maasto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maasto | terrain |
| 2 | Finnish | mää | baa; I |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish pyöräily
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyöräily | cycling |
| 2 | Finnish | pyöräillä | to bike, cycle |
| 3 | Finnish | pyörä | wheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *pöörä | — |