Where does “lineaariyhdistelmä” come from?
lineaariyhdistelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish lineaarinen, from Latin linearis, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.
Ancestry of “lineaariyhdistelmä”, step by step
lineaariyhdistelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lineaarinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lineaarinen | linear |
| 2 | Latin | linearis | consisting of lines, linear, lineal;... |
| 3 | Latin | līnea | A linen thread |
| 4 | Latin | līnum | flax |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | līnom | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | līnom | flax |
via Finnish yhdistelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhdistelmä | A combination; A short form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |