Where does “katkoviiva” come from?

katkoviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish kätkö, from Finnish kätkeä, from Proto-Finnic kätkedäk, from Finnish kätke-.

katkoviiva (Finnish): dashed line

Definitions

  1. dashed line

Ancestry of “katkoviiva”, step by step

katkoviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kätkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkätköhoard, cache; hiding place; usually for things,...
2Finnishkätkeäto hide, conceal; to stash; to bury
3Proto-Finnickätkedäkto hide, to conceal
4Finnishkätke-—

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Finnish kätke- →