Where does “lineaarihaku” come from?

lineaarihaku (Finnish) comes from Finnish lineaarinen, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

lineaarihaku (Finnish): linear search

Definitions

  1. linear search

Ancestry of “lineaarihaku”, step by step

lineaarihaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lineaarinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlineaarinenlinear
2Latinlinearisconsisting of lines, linear, lineal;...
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Finnish haku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakusearch; applying, application
2FinnishhakeaTo retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply
3Proto-Finnichakedakto pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect
4Proto-Germanicsākija-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →