Where does “luetelmaviiva” come from?

luetelmaviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish luetelma, from Finnish luetella, from Finnish luettaa, from Finnish lukea, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

luetelmaviiva (Finnish): list dash, list hyphen dash or hyphen used to introduce items in a list instead of a bullet character

Definitions

  1. list dash, list hyphen dash or hyphen used to introduce items in a list instead of a bullet character

Ancestry of “luetelmaviiva”, step by step

luetelmaviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish luetelma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishluetelmaa list of bullet points, a disorganized list or agenda
2FinnishluetellaTo list, itemise/itemize, enumerate
3FinnishluettaaTo have something read, make somebody read something
4Finnishlukeato read; to study; to consider
5Proto-Finniclukedakto count; to read ?
6Proto-Uralicluke-to count
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-