Where does “promilleraja” come from?
promilleraja (Finnish) comes from Finnish raja, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-eye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European kroyh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European kroh₁y- — to sift, to separate.
promilleraja (Finnish): drunk-driving limit expressed in promilles or thousandths
Definitions
- drunk-driving limit expressed in promilles or thousandths
Ancestry of “promilleraja”, step by step
promilleraja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish raja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | raja | border, boundary, limit, line line or frontier area separating political or geographical regions |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | краи | edge; land, country |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | krajь | edge, end |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | krojiti | to cut |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | krájīˀtei | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁-eye-ti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kroyh₁- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kroh₁y- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kreh₁y- | to sift, to separate |
via Finnish promille
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | promille | per mille, permille, per mil, per mill |
| 2 | Swedish | promille | permille |
| 3 | German | Promille | permille |
| 4 | Latin | [[per]] [[mille]] | — |