Where does “piiratus” come from?

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

piiratus (Estonian): restrictedness, limitedness; definiteness, finiteness

Definitions

  1. restrictedness, limitedness; definiteness, finiteness

Ancestry of “piiratus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianpiiramato surround, to enclose
2EstonianmaI; short form of mina
3EstonianminaI
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—
Every word from Uralic *minä →Every word from Proto-Finnic minä →Every word from Estonian mina →