Where does “kalansilmäobjektiivi” come from?

kalansilmäobjektiivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish objektiivi, from Latin objectivus, from Latin obicio, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.

kalansilmäobjektiivi (Finnish): fisheye lens

Definitions

  1. fisheye lens

Ancestry of “kalansilmäobjektiivi”, step by step

kalansilmäobjektiivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish objektiivi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishobjektiiviobjective; objective, objective case
2Latinobjectivusobjective
3LatinobicioI throw or put to, towards, in front of or...
4Latinob-towards; against
5Latinobolusobolus (Greek coin)
6Ancient Greekὀβολόςobol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and...
7Ancient Greekὀβελόςa spit, rod; a horizontal line
8Ancient Greekβέλοςmissile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly...
9Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷélHos
10Proto-Indo-EuropeangʷelH-to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing

via Finnish kalansilmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkalansilmäfish eye
2Finnishsilmäeye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net
3Proto-Finnicsilmäeye
4Proto-Uralicśilmäeye
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷelH-Every word from Latin ob-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷélHos