Where does “kojelautakamera” come from?
kojelautakamera (Finnish) comes from Finnish kojelauta, from Finnish koje, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kojelautakamera (Finnish): dashcam digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard or the front windshield of a car
Definitions
- dashcam digital video recorder mounted on the dashboard or the front windshield of a car
Ancestry of “kojelautakamera”, step by step
kojelautakamera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kojelauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kojelauta | dashboard |
| 2 | Finnish | koje | instrument; device; machine |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish kamera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kamera | camera |
| 2 | Swedish | kamera | camera |
| 3 | New Latin | camera obscura | dark chamber |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |