Where does “piirikomitea” come from?

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

piirikomitea (Finnish): district committee

Definitions

  1. district committee

Ancestry of “piirikomitea”, step by step

piirikomitea 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 komitea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkomiteacommittee
2Swedishkommittéa committee
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →