Where does “kuparipiirros” come from?

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

kuparipiirros (Finnish): copper etching or a drawing made with such technique

Definitions

  1. copper etching or a drawing made with such technique

Ancestry of “kuparipiirros”, step by step

kuparipiirros 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 kupari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuparicopper
2Old Swedishkoppar—
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →