Where does “filmikela” come from?

filmikela (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

filmikela (Finnish): film reel

Definitions

  1. film reel

Ancestry of “filmikela”, step by step

filmikela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
2FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
3Finnishkänsäcallus
4Finnishkanssawith; also, too
5Finnishkansassa
6Finnishkansapeople; nation
7Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
8Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Finnish filmi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfilmifilm; movie
2EnglishFilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity
3Russianфильмfilm, movie
4EnglishfilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a...
5Middle Englishfilmefilm, membrane
6Old Englishfilmenmembrane; caul; foreskin
7Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-
8Proto-Germanic*filmīn-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gū-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷet-Every word from Proto-Germanic kweduz