Where does “koefilmaus” come from?
koefilmaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish filmaus, from Finnish filmata, from Finnish filmi, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen.
koefilmaus (Finnish): test shoot, test filming
Definitions
- test shoot, test filming
Ancestry of “koefilmaus”, step by step
koefilmaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish filmaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | filmaus | filming; diving, flopping, simulation |
| 2 | Finnish | filmata | to film; to put on airs, to be affected; to fake |
| 3 | Finnish | filmi | film; movie |
| 4 | English | Film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity |
| 5 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 6 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 7 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 8 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |