Where does “filmaattisuus” come from?
filmaattisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish filmaattinen, from Swedish filma, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
filmaattisuus (Finnish): presentability, acceptable appearance
Definitions
- presentability, acceptable appearance
Ancestry of “filmaattisuus”, step by step
filmaattisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish filmaattinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | filmaattinen | presentable, good-looking; cinematic |
| 2 | Swedish | filma | to film; to record a motion picture; to dive; to... |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |