Where does “viivakaava” come from?

viivakaava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaava, from Proto-Germanic skawwōną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewh₁- — to perceive; to observe.

viivakaava (Finnish): skeletal formula

Definitions

  1. skeletal formula

Ancestry of “viivakaava”, step by step

viivakaava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaavapattern; layout; formula
2Proto-Germanicskawwōnąto look, see, watch
3Proto-Indo-European(s)kewh₁-to perceive; to observe

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)kewh₁- →