Where does “nelipyöräluisu” come from?

nelipyöräluisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyörä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä.

nelipyöräluisu (Finnish): four-wheel drift, four-wheel skid driving situation in which all four wheels skid at the same time

Definitions

  1. four-wheel drift, four-wheel skid driving situation in which all four wheels skid at the same time

Ancestry of “nelipyöräluisu”, step by step

nelipyöräluisu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä

via Finnish luisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluisuskid, slide; slanted surface, ramp; slanted,...
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