Where does “puhdaspiirteinen” come from?

puhdaspiirteinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirre, from Finnish piirtää, from Finnish piiri, from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.

puhdaspiirteinen (Finnish): with clean details

Definitions

  1. with clean details

Ancestry of “puhdaspiirteinen”, step by step

puhdaspiirteinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piirre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiirrefeature; cast; trait
2Finnishpiirtääto draw, sketch; to design, draft; to outline,...
3Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
4Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
5Proto-Uralicpirecircle

via Finnish puhdas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhdasclean; neat, tidy; clear, unpolluted; clear,...
2Proto-Finnicpuhtasclean
3Proto-Indo-EuropeanpuHtóspure, clean
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanpewH-to be clean, pure
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →