Where does “pyörätuolikelaus” come from?

pyörätuolikelaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kelaus, from Finnish kelata, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa — resin.

pyörätuolikelaus (Finnish): wheelchair racing

Definitions

  1. wheelchair racing

Ancestry of “pyörätuolikelaus”, step by step

pyörätuolikelaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kelaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkelauswinding, rolling, reeling
2Finnishkelatato wind, reel
3FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
4FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
5Finnishkänsäcallus
6Finnishkanssawith; also, too
7Finnishkansassa
8Finnishkansapeople; nation
9Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
10Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
16Old High Germankuti
17Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
18Proto-Germanickweduzresin

via Finnish pyörätuoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyörätuoliwheelchair
2Finnishtuolichair
3Old Swedishstōlchair, seat
4Old Norsestólla stool, chair, throne; bishop's residence, see;...
5Ancient Greekστόλοςexpedition; army, fleet, troop
6Ancient GreekστέλλωI make ready, prepare; I furnish, dress; I...
7Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
8Proto-Hellenic*-os
9Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic kwiduEvery word from Old High German kuti
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