Where does “virtapiiri” come from?

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

virtapiiri (Finnish): electric circuit, circuit

Definitions

  1. electric circuit, circuit

Ancestry of “virtapiiri”, step by step

virtapiiri 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 virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →Every word from Finnish piiri →