Where does “linja” come from?

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

linja (Finnish): line; policy, line; curriculum, study program

Definitions

  1. line; policy, line; curriculum, study program

Ancestry of “linja”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Swedishlinia—
2LatinlīneaA linen thread
3Latinlīnumflax
4Proto-Italiclīnom—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

Words derived from “linja”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →