Where does “elinkeinopiiri” come from?

elinkeinopiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish elinkeino, from Finnish elin-, from Finnish -in, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *-in, from Proto-Uralic -ma.

elinkeinopiiri (Finnish): a circle or group of people involved in a particular trade or profession

Definitions

  1. a circle or group of people involved in a particular trade or profession

Ancestry of “elinkeinopiiri”, step by step

elinkeinopiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elinkeino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelinkeinolivelihood, living; trade, business
2Finnishelin-living, life
3Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
4Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in—
5Proto-Uralic-ma—

via Finnish piiri

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

Words derived from “elinkeinopiiri”

Every word from Proto-Uralic -ma →Every word from Finnish -in →Every word from Finnish elin- →