Where does “polkupyöräkorjaamo” come from?
polkupyöräkorjaamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish korjaamo, from Finnish -mö, from Finnish -i, from Proto-Uralic -j — oblique plural.
polkupyöräkorjaamo (Finnish): bicycle repair shop
Definitions
- bicycle repair shop
Ancestry of “polkupyöräkorjaamo”, step by step
polkupyöräkorjaamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish korjaamo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korjaamo | repair shop, workshop generic term for a shop where things are repaired |
| 2 | Finnish | -mö | Front vowel variant of -mo |
| 3 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish polkupyörä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | polkupyörä | bicycle |
| 2 | Finnish | polku | path, trail, track; path; treading, stomping |
| 3 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |