Where does “rikossarja” come from?
rikossarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sarja, from Proto-Finnic sarja, from Proto-Finno-Permic śarja — lath, batten, bar.
rikossarja (Finnish): crime serial, crime series
Definitions
- crime serial, crime series
Ancestry of “rikossarja”, step by step
rikossarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sarja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sarja | series; chain, sequence, succession, train; set |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sarja | row of laths or battens; a board made of laths |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | śarja | lath, batten, bar |
via Finnish rikos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikos | crime, offence/offense, criminality; ~" a... |
| 2 | Finnish | rikkoa | to break; to violate, breach; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rikkodak | to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage |