Where does “elokuvavuokraamo” come from?
elokuvavuokraamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish vuokraamo, from Finnish vuokrata, from Finnish vuokra, from Proto-Germanic wōkraz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-.
elokuvavuokraamo (Finnish): movie rental (shop, store), film rental (shop, store)
Definitions
- movie rental (shop, store), film rental (shop, store)
Ancestry of “elokuvavuokraamo”, step by step
elokuvavuokraamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vuokraamo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuokraamo | rental |
| 2 | Finnish | vuokrata | to rent; to let |
| 3 | Finnish | vuokra | lease; rent |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wōkraz | gain; increase; yield; offspring; interest; usury |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ewg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weg- | to increase, to enlarge |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ug- | — |
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 |