Where does “kaistaviiva” come from?

kaistaviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish viiva, from Finnish vije-.

kaistaviiva (Finnish): (lane) dividing line, lane divider road marking that shows the line between two lanes on a road

Definitions

  1. (lane) dividing line, lane divider road marking that shows the line between two lanes on a road

Ancestry of “kaistaviiva”, step by step

kaistaviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—

via Finnish kaista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaistalane; band; shred, strip
2Proto-Norsegaistō(n)-—
Every word from Finnish vije- →Every word from Finnish viiva →