Where does “pikkupiirre” come from?
pikkupiirre (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirre, from Finnish piirtää, from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.
pikkupiirre (Finnish): minor characteristic, minor feature
Definitions
- minor characteristic, minor feature
Ancestry of “pikkupiirre”, step by step
pikkupiirre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piirre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piirre | feature; cast; trait |
| 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 pikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikku | little, small; little old |
| 2 | Finnish | pieni | little, small; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | peeni | little, small; fine |