Where does “hourekuva” come from?
hourekuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish houre, from Finnish houria, from Finnish -ia, from Proto-Finnic -idak, from Proto-Uralic -j-.
hourekuva (Finnish): delirious illusion, delirious mirage, chimera
Definitions
- delirious illusion, delirious mirage, chimera
Ancestry of “hourekuva”, step by step
hourekuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish houre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | houre | raving |
| 2 | Finnish | houria | to rave |
| 3 | Finnish | -ia | Forms primarily transitive verbs describing... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -idak | applicative suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -j- | — |
via Finnish kuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |