Where does “poljinkampi” come from?

poljinkampi (Finnish) comes from Finnish poljin, from Finnish polkea, from Proto-Finnic polkedak — to stamp (with one's foot or feet), to trample, stomp.

poljinkampi (Finnish): crank arm, crankarm one of the two lever components that attach the bottom bracket spindle to a pedal

Definitions

  1. crank arm, crankarm one of the two lever components that attach the bottom bracket spindle to a pedal

Ancestry of “poljinkampi”, step by step

poljinkampi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poljin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoljinpedal; treadle; First-person singular indicative...
2Finnishpolkeato stamp; to pedal; to treadle
3Proto-Finnicpolkedakto stamp (with one's foot or feet), to trample, stomp

via Finnish kampi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkampicrank
2Proto-Finnickampi—
Every word from Proto-Finnic polkedak →Every word from Finnish polkea →Every word from Finnish poljin →