Where does “onlinejärjestelmä” come from?
onlinejärjestelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish online, from English online, from English line, from Middle English line, from Old English līne, from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic līnǭ, from Proto-Germanic līną — flax.
onlinejärjestelmä (Finnish): online system
Definitions
- online system
Ancestry of “onlinejärjestelmä”, step by step
onlinejärjestelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish online
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | online | online; used also as modifier in compound terms,... |
| 2 | English | online | Of a system: connected to a larger network;... |
| 3 | English | line | A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight |
| 4 | Middle English | line | rope, cord; line, rule, ruler, measure; rule,... |
| 5 | Old English | līne | line, rope, cord; line, cable, rope, hawser,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *līnā | line, chord, rope, string |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | līnǭ | that which is made of flax; line, chord, rope,... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | līną | flax |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | līno- | flax |
via Finnish järjestelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | järjestelmä | system |
| 2 | Finnish | järjestää | to arrange; to organize |
| 3 | Finnish | järki | reason; sense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | järki | row; order, condition |