Where does “avaruuskäyrä” come from?

avaruuskäyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish avaruus, from Finnish avara, from Proto-Finnic avara, from Proto-Finnic -ra — Forms diminutive nouns.

avaruuskäyrä (Finnish): space curve

Definitions

  1. space curve

Ancestry of “avaruuskäyrä”, step by step

avaruuskäyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish avaruus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishavaruusspace; spaciousness; expanse
2Finnishavaraspacious, roomy
3Proto-Finnicavaraample, spacious
4Proto-Finnic-raForms diminutive nouns

via Finnish käyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyräcrooked; curve; plot, graph, diagram
2Proto-Finnickäkräbent, crooked
3Proto-Germanichagrō—
Every word from Proto-Finnic -ra →Every word from Proto-Finnic avara →Every word from Finnish avara →