Where does “ominaiskäyrä” come from?

ominaiskäyrä (Finnish) comes from Finnish käyrä, from Proto-Finnic käkrä, from Proto-Germanic hagrō.

ominaiskäyrä (Finnish): characteristic curve

Definitions

  1. characteristic curve

Ancestry of “ominaiskäyrä”, step by step

ominaiskäyrä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish käyrä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkäyräcrooked; curve; plot, graph, diagram
2Proto-Finnickäkräbent, crooked
3Proto-Germanichagrō—

via Finnish ominainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishominainentypical, characteristic
2Finnishnainenwoman; lady; first-person singular potential...
3Proto-Finnicnainenwoman; wife
Every word from Proto-Germanic hagrō →Every word from Proto-Finnic käkrä →Every word from Finnish käyrä →