Where does “kivipiirros” come from?
kivipiirros (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirros, from Finnish piirtää, from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.
kivipiirros (Finnish): lithograph
Ancestry of “kivipiirros”, step by step
kivipiirros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piirros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piirros | drawing, sketch |
| 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 kivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kivi | stone; a piece of stone which is larger than a... |
| 2 | Latin | -la | nominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative... |