Where does “moottoriperä” come from?

moottoriperä (Finnish) comes from Finnish moottori, from Swedish motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

moottoriperä (Finnish): autowinder

Definitions

  1. autowinder

Ancestry of “moottoriperä”, step by step

moottoriperä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moottori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoottoriengine, motor
2Swedishmotorengine, motor
3Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Finnish perä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperärear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side...
2Proto-Finno-Ugricperä
3Proto-Uralic*perähindquarters, back part of something
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin motor