Where does “kaavapiirros” come from?

kaavapiirros (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirros, from Finnish piirtää, from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.

kaavapiirros (Finnish): plan a drawing showing the layout or arrangement, e.g. of property or of parts in a machine

Definitions

  1. plan a drawing showing the layout or arrangement, e.g. of property or of parts in a machine

Ancestry of “kaavapiirros”, step by step

kaavapiirros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piirros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiirrosdrawing, sketch
2Finnishpiirtääto draw, sketch; to design, draft; to outline,...
3Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
4Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
5Proto-Uralicpirecircle

via Finnish kaava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaavapattern; layout; formula
2Proto-Germanicskawwōnąto look, see, watch
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →