Where does “elokuvateollisuus” come from?
elokuvateollisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish teollisuus, from Finnish teollinen, from Finnish teko, from Proto-Finnic teko, from Proto-Finnic tektäk, from Proto-Uralic teke-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁- — to do, put, place.
elokuvateollisuus (Finnish): film industry
Definitions
- film industry
Ancestry of “elokuvateollisuus”, step by step
elokuvateollisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teollisuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teollisuus | industry |
| 2 | Finnish | teollinen | industrial |
| 3 | Finnish | teko | act, deed; achievement; refers to a deed,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | teko | act, deed |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |