Where does “tulilinja” come from?

tulilinja (Finnish) comes from Finnish linja, from Old Swedish linia, from Latin līnea, from Latin līnum, from Proto-Italic līnom, from Proto-Indo-European līnom — flax.

tulilinja (Finnish): line of fire

Definitions

  1. line of fire

Ancestry of “tulilinja”, step by step

tulilinja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish linja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlinjaline; policy, line; curriculum, study program
2Old Swedishlinia—
3LatinlīneaA linen thread
4Latinlīnumflax
5Proto-Italiclīnom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlīnomflax

via Finnish tuli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtulifire; campfire; Third-person singular indicative...
2Proto-Finno-Ugric*tuli—
3Proto-Uralictulefire
Every word from Proto-Indo-European līnom →Every word from Proto-Italic līnom →Every word from Latin līnum →