Where does “elokuvaesitys” come from?
elokuvaesitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish esitys, from Finnish esittää, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ey- — to go.
elokuvaesitys (Finnish): screening or showing of a film
Definitions
- screening or showing of a film
Ancestry of “elokuvaesitys”, step by step
elokuvaesitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish esitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | esitys | presentation; show; proposition, proposal |
| 2 | Finnish | esittää | To express, offer, set/put forth, state; To show;... |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
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 |