Where does “polkupyörätaksi” come from?
polkupyörätaksi (Finnish) comes from Finnish taksi, from English taxi, from English taximeter cab, from English taximeter, from French taximètre, from French taxamètre.
polkupyörätaksi (Finnish): pedicab, cycle rickshaw, bike taxi
Definitions
- pedicab, cycle rickshaw, bike taxi
Ancestry of “polkupyörätaksi”, step by step
polkupyörätaksi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taksi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taksi | taxi |
| 2 | English | taxi | A vehicle that may be hired for single journeys... |
| 3 | English | taximeter cab | — |
| 4 | English | taximeter | A device installed in a taxicab that calculates... |
| 5 | French | taximètre | taximeter |
| 6 | French | taxamètre | — |
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 |