Where does “pyöreys” come from?

pyöreys (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyöreä, from Finnish pyörä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä.

pyöreys (Finnish): roundness

Definitions

  1. roundness

Ancestry of “pyöreys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöreäround; rounded, labial; rounded
2Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä →Every word from Finnish pyörä →Every word from Finnish pyöreä →