Where does “peitepiirros” come from?
peitepiirros (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirros, from Finnish piirtää, from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.
peitepiirros (Finnish): map overlay, map overlay sheet
Definitions
- map overlay, map overlay sheet
Ancestry of “peitepiirros”, step by step
peitepiirros 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 peite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peite | cover; spread, throw; overlay |
| 2 | Finnish | peittää | to cover |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peittädäk | to cover; to hide, to conceal |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | pej- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | *pälkä | thumb |