Where does “leveyspiiri” come from?

leveyspiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.

leveyspiiri (Finnish): latitude imaginary circle around the earth running parallel to the equator

Definitions

  1. latitude imaginary circle around the earth running parallel to the equator

Ancestry of “leveyspiiri”, step by step

leveyspiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
2Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
3Proto-Uralicpirecircle

via Finnish leveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveyswidth or breadth of an object; beam; "in...
2Finnishleveäwide
3Proto-Finniclevedäwide
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