Where does “elokuvaprojektori” come from?
elokuvaprojektori (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.
elokuvaprojektori (Finnish): movie projector, film projector
Definitions
- movie projector, film projector
Ancestry of “elokuvaprojektori”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |