Where does “ratapyöräily” come from?
ratapyöräily (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyöräily, from Finnish pyöräillä, from Finnish pyörä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä.
ratapyöräily (Finnish): track cycling
Definitions
- track cycling
Ancestry of “ratapyöräily”, step by step
ratapyöräily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pyöräily
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyöräily | cycling |
| 2 | Finnish | pyöräillä | to bike, cycle |
| 3 | Finnish | pyörä | wheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *pöörä | — |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |