Where does “viivaryhmä” come from?

viivaryhmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ryhmä, from Proto-Finnic rühmä — group.

viivaryhmä (Finnish): line group

Definitions

  1. line group

Ancestry of “viivaryhmä”, step by step

viivaryhmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ryhmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishryhmägroup; team; squad
2Proto-Finnicrühmägroup

via Finnish viiva

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