Where does “onnenpyörä” come from?

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

onnenpyörä (Finnish): spinner; wheel of Fortune

Definitions

  1. spinner; wheel of Fortune

Ancestry of “onnenpyörä”, step by step

onnenpyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyörä

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

via Finnish onni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishonnihappiness; luck
2Proto-Finniconniluck
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä →Every word from Finnish pyörä →