Where does “kirveslinja” come from?

kirveslinja (Finnish) comes from Finnish linja, from Old Swedish linia, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

kirveslinja (Finnish): an approach taken by the Communist Party of Finland in early 1980s to remove minority groups from the party by arising conflict

Definitions

  1. an approach taken by the Communist Party of Finland in early 1980s to remove minority groups from the party by arising conflict

Ancestry of “kirveslinja”, step by step

kirveslinja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish linja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlinjaline; policy, line; curriculum, study program
2Old Swedishlinia—
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Finnish kirves

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirvesaxe
2Proto-Finnickirvesaxe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →