Where does “pienipiirteisyys” come from?

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

pienipiirteisyys (Finnish): the quality of being small-scale

Definitions

  1. the quality of being small-scale

Ancestry of “pienipiirteisyys”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpienipiirteinensmall-scale
2Finnishpiirrefeature; cast; trait
3Finnishpiirtääto draw, sketch; to design, draft; to outline,...
4Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
5Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
6Proto-Uralicpirecircle
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