Where does “kaariviivain” come from?

kaariviivain (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaari, from Proto-Finnic kaari, from Proto-Uralic këŋere — curved thing.

kaariviivain (Finnish): French curve drafting template having edges of various curvatures, used for drawing smoothly-curved lines

Definitions

  1. French curve drafting template having edges of various curvatures, used for drawing smoothly-curved lines

Ancestry of “kaariviivain”, step by step

kaariviivain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaaricurve; bow; arch
2Proto-Finnickaaricurve
3Proto-Uralickëŋerecurved thing

via Finnish viivain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishviivainA ruler; A straightedge; Genitive plural form...
2Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
3Finnishvije-
Every word from Proto-Uralic këŋere