Where does “keskikaista” come from?

keskikaista (Finnish) comes from Finnish Keski-, from Proto-Finnic keski, from Proto-Finno-Permic keske.

keskikaista (Finnish): middle lane the most central or one of the most central ones of the parallel lanes on a highway which has three or more lanes to same direction

Definitions

  1. middle lane the most central or one of the most central ones of the parallel lanes on a highway which has three or more lanes to same direction

Ancestry of “keskikaista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKeski-middle, central; average, mid-, medium
2Proto-Finnickeskimiddle, center
3Proto-Finno-Permickeske—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic keske →Every word from Finnish Keski- →Every word from Proto-Finnic keski →