Where does “pyörännapa” come from?

pyörännapa (Finnish) comes from Finnish napa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *napa.

pyörännapa (Finnish): wheel hub

Definitions

  1. wheel hub

Ancestry of “pyörännapa”, step by step

pyörännapa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish napa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnapanavel; pole; pivot
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*napa—

via Finnish pyörä

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