Where does “reikärivi” come from?

reikärivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish reikä, from Proto-Finnic raika, from Proto-Finnic rajka.

reikärivi (Finnish): row of holes, line of holes

Definitions

  1. row of holes, line of holes

Ancestry of “reikärivi”, step by step

reikärivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish reikä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishreikähole; puncture; cavity
2Proto-Finnicraikahole
3Proto-Finnicrajka—

via Finnish rivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrivirow, line; line; rank
Every word from Proto-Finnic rajka →Every word from Proto-Finnic raika →Every word from Finnish reikä →