Where does “pyörimissuunta” come from?

pyörimissuunta (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyöriminen, from Finnish -minen, from Proto-Finnic -minen, from Proto-Finnic -ma, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

pyörimissuunta (Finnish): direction of rotation, sense

Definitions

  1. direction of rotation, sense

Ancestry of “pyörimissuunta”, step by step

pyörimissuunta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyöriminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöriminen—
2Finnish-minenForms verbal nouns from verbs, mostly corresponds...
3Proto-Finnic-minenForms nouns from verbs, indicating the action of...
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -minen →Every word from Proto-Finnic -ma →