Where does “elokuva-arkisto” come from?
elokuva-arkisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish arkisto, from Finnish arkki, from Swedish ark, from Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom — to sit.
elokuva-arkisto (Finnish): film archive
Definitions
- film archive
Ancestry of “elokuva-arkisto”, step by step
elokuva-arkisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish arkisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | arkisto | archive |
| 2 | Finnish | arkki | A sheet; An ark; Any of the species belonging to... |
| 3 | Swedish | ark | an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant |
| 4 | Old Swedish | ark | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | ark | — |
| 6 | Latin | arcus | arc, arch; bow; rainbow |
| 7 | Latin | solium | seat, chair; throne, chair of state, official... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodyom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |
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 |