Where does “pyöristysvirhe” come from?

pyöristysvirhe (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyöristys, from Finnish pyöristää, from Finnish pyöreä, from Finnish pyörä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä.

pyöristysvirhe (Finnish): roundoff error, rounding error

Definitions

  1. roundoff error, rounding error

Ancestry of “pyöristysvirhe”, step by step

pyöristysvirhe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyöristys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöristysrounding
2Finnishpyöristääto round shape something into a curve
3Finnishpyöreäround; rounded, labial; rounded
4Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
5Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—

via Finnish virhe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirhemistake; error; flaw
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä →Every word from Finnish pyörä →Every word from Finnish pyöreä →