Where does “keskisarka” come from?

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

keskisarka (Finnish): central reservation, reservation UK; median, median strip US on a dual carriageway (BrE) or a divided highway (AmE), the strip of land that separates opposite directions on a divided highway

Definitions

  1. central reservation, reservation UK; median, median strip US on a dual carriageway (BrE) or a divided highway (AmE), the strip of land that separates opposite directions on a divided highway

Ancestry of “keskisarka”, 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 →