Where does “etsinkuva” come from?

etsinkuva (Finnish) comes 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.

etsinkuva (Finnish): viewfinder image

Definitions

  1. viewfinder image

Ancestry of “etsinkuva”, step by step

etsinkuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
2Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
3Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

via Finnish etsin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishetsinviewfinder; First person singular present form...
2Finnish-inSuffix variant for the illative singular, see...
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*-in
4Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésEvery word from Proto-Germanic skuwwô