Where does “polkupyörä” come from?
polkupyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish polku, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u.
polkupyörä (Finnish): bicycle
Ancestry of “polkupyörä”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | polku | path, trail, track; path; treading, stomping |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | — |
Words derived from “polkupyörä”