Where does “sulkuviiva” come from?

sulkuviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish sulku, from Finnish sulkea, from Proto-Finnic sülkedäk, from Proto-Finno-Permic śulke-.

sulkuviiva (Finnish): (continuous) center line a solid line on a road that is not to be crossed

Definitions

  1. (continuous) center line a solid line on a road that is not to be crossed

Ancestry of “sulkuviiva”, step by step

sulkuviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sulku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsulkubracket; blockade; lock
2Finnishsulkeato close, shut; to turn off, to switch off
3Proto-Finnicsülkedäkto spit
4Proto-Finno-Permicśulke-—

via Finnish viiva

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