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Coined by Finnish physician and translator Wolmar Schildt in 1835 as a shortening (perhaps back-formation) of the dialectal terms ympyriäinen, ymmyrkäinen(“round”), ultimately from ympäri. The -ä- in ympäri- has turned into an -y- in these derivatives and thus in ympyrä as well, probably by influence from the preceding sounds (labial ymm-, ymp-). Arguably analyzable as ymp- + -yrä.
“ympyrä”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
