Where does “nuohouspiiri” come from?

nuohouspiiri (Finnish) comes from Finnish nuohous, from Finnish nuohota, from Finnish -ta, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.

nuohouspiiri (Finnish): sweeping area the area in which a chimney sweep will work

Definitions

  1. sweeping area the area in which a chimney sweep will work

Ancestry of “nuohouspiiri”, step by step

nuohouspiiri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nuohous

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnuohouschimney sweeping
2FinnishnuohotaTo sweep a chimney
3Finnish-taA suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms...
4Proto-Finnic-taPartitive ending
5Proto-Uralic-täfrom

via Finnish piiri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
2Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
3Proto-Uralicpirecircle
Every word from Proto-Uralic -tä →Every word from Finnish -ta →Every word from Finnish nuohota →