Where does “pyörökone” come from?

pyörökone (Finnish) comes from Finnish kone, from Proto-Finnic koneh — magic.

pyörökone (Finnish): circular knitting machine

Definitions

  1. circular knitting machine

Ancestry of “pyörökone”, step by step

pyörökone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic

via Finnish pyörö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyörödisc, spinning disc, abrasive disc
Every word from Proto-Finnic konehEvery word from Finnish kone