Where does “vauhtipyörä” come from?

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

vauhtipyörä (Finnish): flywheel

Definitions

  1. flywheel

Ancestry of “vauhtipyörä”, step by step

vauhtipyörä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pyörä

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

via Finnish vauhti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauhtispeed, velocity, pace; momentum; speed
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric *pöörä →Every word from Finnish pyörä →