Where does “väliviiva” come from?

väliviiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish väli-, from Finnish väli, from Proto-Finnic välji.

väliviiva (Finnish): any kind of hyphen or dash

Definitions

  1. any kind of hyphen or dash

Ancestry of “väliviiva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishväli-mid-, middle-, intermediate, inter-
2Finnishväligap, space; interval; distance
3Proto-Finnicvälji—
Every word from Proto-Finnic välji →