Where does “vasemmistopiiri” come from?

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

vasemmistopiiri (Finnish): left-wing circle, leftist circle "circle" in the sense of a social group

Definitions

  1. left-wing circle, leftist circle "circle" in the sense of a social group

Ancestry of “vasemmistopiiri”, step by step

vasemmistopiiri 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 vasemmisto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishvasemmistoThe left; leftist
2Finnish-stöFront vowel variant of -sto
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →