Where does “polkupyörä” come from?

polkupyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish polku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.

polkupyörä (Finnish): bicycle

Definitions

  1. bicycle

Ancestry of “polkupyörä”, step by step

polkupyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish polku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpolkupath, trail, track; path; treading, stomping
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

via Finnish pyörä

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

Words derived from “polkupyörä”

Every word from Proto-Finnic -u →Every word from Finnish -u →Every word from Finnish polku →