Where does “viivakaavio” come from?

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

viivakaavio (Finnish): line chart, line diagram

Definitions

  1. line chart, line diagram

Ancestry of “viivakaavio”, step by step

viivakaavio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaavio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaaviodiagram, scheme, chart
2Finnishkaavapattern; layout; formula
3Proto-Germanicskawwōnąto look, see, watch
4Proto-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- →
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