Where does “viivanleveys” come from?

viivanleveys (Finnish) comes from Finnish leveys, from Finnish leveä, from Proto-Finnic levedä — wide.

viivanleveys (Finnish): line width

Definitions

  1. line width

Ancestry of “viivanleveys”, step by step

viivanleveys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish leveys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleveyswidth or breadth of an object; beam; "in...
2Finnishleveäwide
3Proto-Finniclevedäwide

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—
Every word from Proto-Finnic levedä →