Where does “rataspyörä” come from?

rataspyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyörä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä.

rataspyörä (Finnish): cogwheel

Definitions

  1. cogwheel

Ancestry of “rataspyörä”, step by step

rataspyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—

via Finnish ratas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishratascogwheel
2Proto-Finnicrat'aswheel; ? cart
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä →Every word from Finnish pyörä →