Where does “esikuvavertailu” come from?
esikuvavertailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish esikuva, from Swedish förebild, from Swedish före, from Old Swedish fȳrir, from Old Norse fýrir, from Old Norse því, from Proto-Germanic *sa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
Ancestry of “esikuvavertailu”, step by step
esikuvavertailu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish esikuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | esikuva | example, paragon, role model, guiding light |
| 2 | Swedish | förebild | model |
| 3 | Swedish | före | in front of; ahead of; before; earlier in time... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | fȳrir | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | fýrir | before, in front of |
| 6 | Old Norse | því | dative singular of þat; therefore, for that... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *sa | — |
| 8 | Proto-Austronesian | *əsa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Oceanic | *isa | — |
via Finnish vertailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vertailu | comparison |
| 2 | Finnish | vertailla | To compare |
| 3 | Finnish | verrata | to compare, contrast |
| 4 | Finnish | verta | match equal or superior in comparison now mostly used in a number of idiomatic expressions |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | verta | match equal or superior in comparison |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |