Where does “kaksiviivainen” come from?

kaksiviivainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaksi, from Proto-Finnic kakci, from Proto-Uralic *kakta.

kaksiviivainen (Finnish): two-line

Definitions

  1. two-line

Ancestry of “kaksiviivainen”, step by step

kaksiviivainen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaksi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaksitwo
2Proto-Finnickakcitwo
3Proto-Uralic*kakta—

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic *kakta →Every word from Proto-Finnic kakci →Every word from Finnish kaksi →