Where does “kohdevalaisin” come from?
kohdevalaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish valaisin, from Finnish valaista, from Finnish valo, from Proto-Finnic valo, from Proto-Finno-Ugric waĺɜ.
kohdevalaisin (Finnish): spotlight
Ancestry of “kohdevalaisin”, step by step
kohdevalaisin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valaisin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valaisin | light fixture, luminaire, light fitting, lighting... |
| 2 | Finnish | valaista | to light, illuminate; to shed light on,... |
| 3 | Finnish | valo | light |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | valo | light visible radiation |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | waĺɜ | — |
via Finnish kohde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kohde | target; bogey; attraction, sight |
| 2 | Finnish | kohdata | to meet with, encounter; to undergo, experience,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ta | A suffix for the partitive singular case; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |