Where does “prinsessalinja” come from?

prinsessalinja (Finnish) comes from Finnish prinsessa, from Swedish prinsessa, from French princesse, from Old French princesse, from Old French prince, from Latin prīnceps, from Latin primoceps, from Latin capiō — to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

prinsessalinja (Finnish): princess line style of a woman's dress, cut in long panels without a horizontal join or separation at the waist

Definitions

  1. princess line style of a woman's dress, cut in long panels without a horizontal join or separation at the waist

Ancestry of “prinsessalinja”, step by step

prinsessalinja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish prinsessa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishprinsessaprincess
2Swedishprinsessaprincess
3Frenchprincesseprincess
4Old Frenchprincesseprincess
5Old Frenchprinceprince
6Latinprīncepsfirst, foremost
7Latinprimoceps
8Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
9Proto-Italickapiōtake
10Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
11Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
12Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...

via Finnish linja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlinjaline; policy, line; curriculum, study program
2Old Swedishlinia
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keh₂p-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kh₂pyétiEvery word from Proto-Italic kapjō