Where does “filmikertomus” come from?
filmikertomus (Finnish) comes from Finnish filmi, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen, from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-, from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-.
filmikertomus (Finnish): A half-narrative, half-documentary filmed...
Definitions
- A half-narrative, half-documentary filmed...
Ancestry of “filmikertomus”, step by step
filmikertomus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish filmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | filmi | film; movie |
| 2 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 3 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 4 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 5 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 6 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
via Finnish kertomus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kertomus | story, narrative, report |
| 2 | Finnish | kertoa | to tell; to multiply; to have it |
| 3 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |