Where does “viivamuoto” come from?

viivamuoto (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoto, from Proto-Finnic mooto, from Proto-Germanic mōtą, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- — to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

viivamuoto (Finnish): line shape

Definitions

  1. line shape

Ancestry of “viivamuoto”, step by step

viivamuoto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish muoto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuotoshape; form; format
2Proto-Finnicmootoshape, form; appearance; manner, way
3Proto-Germanicmōtąmeeting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂d-to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,...

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂d- →