Where does “veropiiri” come from?

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

veropiiri (Finnish): tax district

Definitions

  1. tax district

Ancestry of “veropiiri”, step by step

veropiiri 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 vero

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverotax
2Proto-Finnicveromeal
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →
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