Where does “ylleviivaus” come from?
ylleviivaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ylleviivata, from Finnish viivata, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
ylleviivaus (Finnish): overline, overlining
Definitions
- overline, overlining
Ancestry of “ylleviivaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ylleviivata | to overline draw a line over |
| 2 | Finnish | viivata | to draw a line or lines |
| 3 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |