Where does “aluepiiri” come from?

aluepiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.

aluepiiri (Finnish): krai

Definitions

  1. krai

Ancestry of “aluepiiri”, step by step

aluepiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
2Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
3Proto-Uralicpirecircle

via Finnish alue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaluearea; region; oblast
2Proto-Austronesianqaluʀto flow
3Proto-Austronesian-luʀ—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →
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