Where does “pyöränjälki” come from?

pyöränjälki (Finnish) comes from Finnish jälki, from Proto-Finnic jälki, from Proto-Finno-Ugric jälke.

pyöränjälki (Finnish): wheel rut, wheel track, wheel mark

Definitions

  1. wheel rut, wheel track, wheel mark

Ancestry of “pyöränjälki”, step by step

pyöränjälki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish jälki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjälkitrace; track; aftermath
2Proto-Finnicjälkitrace, mark; track, trail
3Proto-Finno-Ugricjälke—

via Finnish pyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric jälke →Every word from Proto-Finnic jälki →Every word from Finnish jälki →