Where does “viivapiirros” come from?

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

viivapiirros (Finnish): a line drawing

Definitions

a line drawing

Ancestry of “viivapiirros”, step by step

viivapiirros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piirros

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	piirros	drawing, sketch
2	Finnish	piirtää	to draw, sketch; to design, draft; to outline,...
3	Finnish	piiri	ring of people; administrative district, region;...
4	Proto-Finnic	piiri	line; border; ring, circle
5	Proto-Uralic	pire	circle

via Finnish viiva

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	viiva	line; dash, hyphen; bar
2	Finnish	vije-	—

Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →