Where does “suuntahyrrä” come from?

suuntahyrrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish hyrrä, from Finnish hyrrätä — to drone, buzz, whirr, hum.

suuntahyrrä (Finnish): heading indicator

Definitions

  1. heading indicator

Ancestry of “suuntahyrrä”, step by step

suuntahyrrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hyrrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhyrräspinning top, top
2Finnishhyrrätäto drone, buzz, whirr, hum

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Finnish hyrrätä →Every word from Finnish hyrrä →