Where does “pilapiirros” come from?
pilapiirros (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirros, from Finnish piirtää, from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.
pilapiirros (Finnish): a satirical cartoon
Ancestry of “pilapiirros”, step by step
pilapiirros 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 pila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pila | joke, jest; practical joke, jest |
| 2 | Old Swedish | spil | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spil | noun |
| 4 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |