Where does “pyörijä” come from?

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

pyörijä (Finnish): spinner, rotator one who or that which spins or rotates (intransitive)

Definitions

  1. spinner, rotator one who or that which spins or rotates (intransitive)

Ancestry of “pyörijä”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöriäto rotate, turn, revolve, spin, roll; to run; to...
2Finnishpyöreäround; rounded, labial; rounded
3Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä →Every word from Finnish pyörä →Every word from Finnish pyöreä →