ympyrä

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-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈympyræ/, [ˈympyræ]
• Rhymes: -ympyræ
• Syllabification^(key): ym‧py‧rä

ympyrä

1. (geometry) circle
2. (heraldry) roundel
3. (typography) kroužek
4. (in the plural) orb (sphere of action)

• ympäri-