Where does “elokuvaluettelo” come from?
elokuvaluettelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish luettelo, from Finnish luetella, from Finnish luettaa, from Finnish lukea, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
elokuvaluettelo (Finnish): film catalog
Definitions
- film catalog
Ancestry of “elokuvaluettelo”, step by step
elokuvaluettelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luettelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luettelo | list, catalogue |
| 2 | Finnish | luetella | To list, itemise/itemize, enumerate |
| 3 | Finnish | luettaa | To have something read, make somebody read something |
| 4 | Finnish | lukea | to read; to study; to consider |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
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 |