Where does “erityispiirre” come from?
erityispiirre (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirre, from Finnish piirtää, from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.
erityispiirre (Finnish): special feature, special characteristic; peculiarity, specialty
Definitions
- special feature, special characteristic; peculiarity, specialty
Ancestry of “erityispiirre”, step by step
erityispiirre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piirre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piirre | feature; cast; trait |
| 2 | Finnish | piirtää | to draw, sketch; to design, draft; to outline,... |
| 3 | Finnish | piiri | ring of people; administrative district, region;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | piiri | line; border; ring, circle |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | pire | circle |
via Finnish erityinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | erityinen | special; specific |
| 2 | Finnish | eri | different, other, another; different, separate;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *erei | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |