Where does “tasauspyörä” come from?

tasauspyörä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasaus, from Finnish tasata, from Finnish tasa, from Proto-Finnic tasa, from Proto-Uralic taśa — even.

tasauspyörä (Finnish): differential pinion

Definitions

  1. differential pinion

Ancestry of “tasauspyörä”, step by step

tasauspyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tasaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtasausequalisation; leveling; justified
2Finnishtasatato divide into equal parts; to level; to equalize
3Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
4Proto-Finnictasaeven
5Proto-Uralictaśaeven

via Finnish pyörä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic taśa →Every word from Proto-Finnic tasa →Every word from Finnish tasa →