Where does “murtumalinja” come from?

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

murtumalinja (Finnish): fault line, fracture line

Definitions

  1. fault line, fracture line

Ancestry of “murtumalinja”, step by step

murtumalinja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish linja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlinjaline; policy, line; curriculum, study program
2Old Swedishlinia—
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Finnish murtuma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmurtumaA fracture
2Finnishmurtuato break, break down, fracture, fall to pieces;...
3Finnishmurtaato break; Of a bone, to cause to crack under...
4Proto-Finnicmurtadakto break
5Proto-Uralicmura-break
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →