Where does “kaitafilmaus” come from?

kaitafilmaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaitafilmata, from Finnish kaitafilmi, from Finnish filmi, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen.

kaitafilmaus (Finnish): cinefilming

Definitions

  1. cinefilming

Ancestry of “kaitafilmaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaitafilmatato cinefilm
2Finnishkaitafilmicinefilm
3Finnishfilmifilm; movie
4EnglishFilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity
5Russianфильмfilm, movie
6EnglishfilmA thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a...
7Middle Englishfilmefilm, membrane
8Old Englishfilmenmembrane; caul; foreskin
9Proto-West Germanic*filmīn-
10Proto-Germanic*filmīn-
Every word from Proto-Germanic *filmīn-Every word from Proto-West Germanic *filmīn-Every word from Old English filmen