Where does “viivasuora” come from?

viivasuora (Finnish) comes from Finnish suora, from Proto-Finnic soora, from Arabic سُورَة — chapter of the Qur'an; sura.

viivasuora (Finnish): very straight; straight as a line

Definitions

  1. very straight; straight as a line

Ancestry of “viivasuora”, step by step

viivasuora traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suora

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuorastraight; straight, direct, truthful, frank;...
2Proto-Finnicsoorastraight
3Arabicسُورَةchapter of the Qur'an; sura

via Finnish viiva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviivaline; dash, hyphen; bar
2Finnishvije-—

Words derived from “viivasuora”

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