Where does “piir'” come from?

piir' (Võro) comes from Proto-Finnic piiri, from Proto-Uralic pire — circle.

piir' (Võro): limit; boundary, border

Definitions

  1. limit; boundary, border

Ancestry of “piir'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
2Proto-Uralicpirecircle
Every word from Proto-Uralic pire →Every word from Proto-Finnic piiri →