Where does “kaljuunakuva” come from?
kaljuunakuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaljuuna, from Swedish galjon, from French galion, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Ancient Greek γαλέη, from Proto-Indo-European glī-, from English glio-.
kaljuunakuva (Finnish): figurehead
Definitions
- figurehead
Ancestry of “kaljuunakuva”, step by step
kaljuunakuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaljuuna
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaljuuna | A beakhead |
| 2 | Swedish | galjon | beakhead |
| 3 | French | galion | galleon |
| 4 | Old French | galee | — |
| 5 | Latin | galea | a helmet; vocative singular of galea; ablative... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γαλέη | name given to various animals of the Mustelidae... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | glī- | mous |
| 8 | English | glio- | Gliomatous; Glial; Embedded in a gelatinous... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γλία | glue |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *gley- | — |
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 |