Where does “pituuspiiri” come from?

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

pituuspiiri (Finnish): longitude, meridian

Definitions

  1. longitude, meridian

Ancestry of “pituuspiiri”, step by step

pituuspiiri 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 pituus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpituuslength; longitude; height
2Proto-Finnicpiduclength

Words derived from “pituuspiiri”

Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →