Where does “pyöräilykilpailu” come from?
pyöräilykilpailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyöräily, from Finnish pyöräillä, from Finnish pyörä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä.
pyöräilykilpailu (Finnish): cycling competition
Ancestry of “pyöräilykilpailu”, step by step
pyöräilykilpailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pyöräily
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyöräily | cycling |
| 2 | Finnish | pyöräillä | to bike, cycle |
| 3 | Finnish | pyörä | wheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *pöörä | — |
via Finnish kilpailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kilpailu | contest, competition, race; competition; rivalry |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |