Where does “pitkänpyöreä” come from?

pitkänpyöreä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pitkä, from Proto-Finnic pitkä, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

pitkänpyöreä (Finnish): oblong, round and long

Definitions

  1. oblong, round and long

Ancestry of “pitkänpyöreä”, step by step

pitkänpyöreä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pitkä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpitkälong; tall; Short for pitkä kiekko
2Proto-Finnicpitkälong; tall
3Proto-Uralicpidetall
4Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
5Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
6Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-—

via Finnish pyöreä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpyöreäround; rounded, labial; rounded
2Finnishpyöräwheel; caster; Short for polkupyörä
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*pöörä—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä- →Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäk →Every word from Finnish pitää →