Where does “filminäyttelijä” come from?
filminäyttelijä (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-.
filminäyttelijä (Finnish): film actor, movie actor
Definitions
- film actor, movie actor
Ancestry of “filminäyttelijä”, step by step
filminäyttelijä 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- | — |