Where does “pienipiirteinen” come from?

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

pienipiirteinen (Finnish): small-scale

Definitions

  1. small-scale

Ancestry of “pienipiirteinen”, step by step

pienipiirteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piirre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiirrefeature; cast; trait
2Finnishpiirtääto draw, sketch; to design, draft; to outline,...
3Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
4Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
5Proto-Uralicpirecircle

via Finnish pieni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine

Words derived from “pienipiirteinen”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →