Where does “kaunispiirteinen” come from?

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

kaunispiirteinen (Finnish): having beautiful features

Definitions

  1. having beautiful features

Ancestry of “kaunispiirteinen”, step by step

kaunispiirteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piirre

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

via Finnish kaunis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaunisbeautiful
2Proto-Finnickaunisbeautiful
3Proto-Germanicskaunizbeautiful, shining
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱoun-quick, dashing, beautiful
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →