Where does “videospilfigur” come from?

videospilfigur (Danish) comes from Danish videospil, from Danish video, from English video, from Latin videō, from Proto-Italic widēō, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

videospilfigur (Danish): A figure, especially a character, appearing in a...

Definitions

  1. A figure, especially a character, appearing in a...

Ancestry of “videospilfigur”, step by step

videospilfigur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Danish videospil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishvideospilA video game; indefinite plural of videospil
2Danishvideovideo
3EnglishvideoTelevision, television show, movie; A short film...
4Latinvideōto see, perceive; look (at)
5Proto-Italicwidēōsee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Danish figur

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishfigurfigure
2Latinfigūrashape, form, figure
3Latinfingōto shape, fashion, form, knead (dough)
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰeyǵʰ-to knead; to form, to shape
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Italic widēō →Every word from Latin videō →