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Where does “pyörinä” come from?

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

pyörinä (Finnish): whirl

Definitions

  1. whirl

Ancestry of “pyörinä”, 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 →