Where does “dominoilmiö” come from?
dominoilmiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmiö, from Finnish ilm-, from Finnish ilmetä, from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i — oblique plural.
dominoilmiö (Finnish): domino effect
Definitions
- domino effect
Ancestry of “dominoilmiö”, step by step
dominoilmiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilmiö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmiö | phenomenon |
| 2 | Finnish | ilm- | — |
| 3 | Finnish | ilmetä | To appear, turn out; to become apparent; to arise |
| 4 | Finnish | ilmi | public, known, to the daylight, to the open;... |
| 5 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 6 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 7 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 8 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish domino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | domino | dominoes; a domino |
| 2 | French | domino | dominoes; a domino set; a domino tile |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | domino | — |
| 4 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 5 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |