Where does “kissansilmäilmiö” come from?
kissansilmäilmiö (Finnish) comes from Finnish ilmiö, from Finnish ilm-, from Finnish ilmetä, from Finnish ilmi, from Finnish Ilma, from Finnish -ri, from Finnish -ra, from Finnish -i — oblique plural.
kissansilmäilmiö (Finnish): chatoyancy, cat's eye effect optical reflection seen in some gemstones making them somewhat reminiscent of the eye of a cat
Definitions
- chatoyancy, cat's eye effect optical reflection seen in some gemstones making them somewhat reminiscent of the eye of a cat
Ancestry of “kissansilmäilmiö”, step by step
kissansilmäilmiö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ilmiö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmiö | phenomenon |
| 2 | Finnish | ilm- | — |
| 3 | Finnish | ilmetä | To appear, turn out; to become apparent; to arise |
| 4 | Finnish | ilmi | public, known, to the daylight, to the open;... |
| 5 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 6 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 7 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 8 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |
via Finnish kissansilmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kissansilmä | A red rear reflector of a bicycle; cat's-eye |
| 2 | Finnish | silmä | eye; mesh, opening in a mesh or net |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | silmä | eye |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | śilmä | eye |