Where does “kohdistusviiva” come from?

kohdistusviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish kohdistus, from Finnish kohdistaa, from Finnish kohta, from Proto-Finnic kokta, from Proto-Uralic kopta — place.

kohdistusviiva (Finnish): guide line used to help align objects

Definitions

  1. guide line used to help align objects

Ancestry of “kohdistusviiva”, step by step

kohdistusviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kohdistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohdistusfocusing
2Finnishkohdistaato focus; to target; to allocate
3Finnishkohtapresently, soon; place, location, spot; A...
4Proto-Finnickoktaplace, location, spot
5Proto-Uralickoptaplace

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Uralic kopta →
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