Where does “puupiirros” come from?

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

puupiirros (Finnish): woodcut print produced using engraved block of wood as a printing form

Definitions

  1. woodcut print produced using engraved block of wood as a printing form

Ancestry of “puupiirros”, step by step

puupiirros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piirros

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

via Finnish puu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuutree; wood
2Proto-Finnicpuutree
3Proto-Uralicpuwetree, wood
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →