Where does “pyörärikko” come from?

pyörärikko (Finnish) comes from Finnish rikko, from Finnish rikkoa, from Proto-Finnic rikkodak — to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage.

pyörärikko (Finnish): broken wheel, breaking of a wheel

Definitions

  1. broken wheel, breaking of a wheel

Ancestry of “pyörärikko”, step by step

pyörärikko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rikko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrikkobreakage; saxifrage
2Finnishrikkoato break; to violate, breach; to offend, to...
3Proto-Finnicrikkodakto break; to ruin, to mar, to damage

via Finnish pyörä

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