Where does “piirama” come from?

piirama (Estonian) comes from Estonian ma, from Estonian mina, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.

piirama (Estonian): to surround, to enclose

Definitions

  1. to surround, to enclose

Ancestry of “piirama”, step by step

piirama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Estonian ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EstonianmaI; short form of mina
2EstonianminaI
3Proto-FinnicminäI, me
4Uralic*minä—

via Estonian piir

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpiirlimit; border
2Urduپیرfoot
3Classical Persianپِیر—

Words derived from “piirama”

Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →