Where does “suuntaviiva” come from?

suuntaviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish viiva, from Finnish vije-.

suuntaviiva (Finnish): guideline; Synonym of trendiviiva

Definitions

  1. guideline; Synonym of trendiviiva

Ancestry of “suuntaviiva”, step by step

suuntaviiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—

via Finnish suunta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuuntadirection; hand; path
Every word from Finnish vije- →Every word from Finnish viiva →