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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuokraamorental
2Finnishvuokratato rent; to let
3Finnishvuokralease; rent
4Proto-Germanicwōkrazgain; increase; yield; offspring; interest; usury
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewg-to increase, to enlarge
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weg-to increase, to enlarge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ug-

via Finnish elokuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelokuvamovie; cinema; in plural also movies, cinema
2Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
3Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ug-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weg-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewg-