Where does “pohjaviiva” come from?

pohjaviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish pohja, from Proto-Finnic pohja, from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja.

pohjaviiva (Finnish): base line

Definitions

  1. base line

Ancestry of “pohjaviiva”, step by step

pohjaviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pohja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpohjabottom; bed; fundament
2Proto-Finnicpohjabottom; base, foundation; north
3Proto-Finno-Permicpošja—

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Finno-Permic pošja →