Where does “diakehys” come from?

diakehys (Finnish) comes from Finnish kehys, from Finnish kehä, from Proto-Finnic kehä, from Proto-Finnic keššä, from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä.

diakehys (Finnish): slide frame

Definitions

  1. slide frame

Ancestry of “diakehys”, step by step

diakehys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kehys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehysframe; cadre
2Finnishkehäcircle, ring; halo; circle, circumference
3Proto-Finnickehäcircle, ring
4Proto-Finnickeššä—
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickeččä—

via Finnish dia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishdiaslide
2Finnishdiapositiivislide, diapositive
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric keččä →Every word from Proto-Finnic keššä →Every word from Proto-Finnic kehä →
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