Where does “elämäkertaelokuva” come from?
elämäkertaelokuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish elokuva, from Finnish kuva, from Proto-Germanic skuwwô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
elämäkertaelokuva (Finnish): biographical film, biopic
Definitions
- biographical film, biopic
Ancestry of “elämäkertaelokuva”, step by step
elämäkertaelokuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elokuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elokuva | movie; cinema; in plural also movies, cinema |
| 2 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |
via Finnish elämäkerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elämäkerta | biography |
| 2 | Finnish | elämä | life; Agent participle of elää |
| 3 | Estonian | elama | to live |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | elädäk | to live |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | elä- | to live |