Where does “kokonaisheijastua” come from?
kokonaisheijastua (Finnish) comes from Finnish heijastua, from Finnish -ua, from Proto-Finnic -üdäk — Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs.
kokonaisheijastua (Finnish): to undergo total internal reflection, to be totally internally reflected
Definitions
- to undergo total internal reflection, to be totally internally reflected
Ancestry of “kokonaisheijastua”, step by step
kokonaisheijastua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish heijastua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heijastua | to reflect |
| 2 | Finnish | -ua | Forms stative or inchoative intransitive verbs... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -üdäk | Forms mainly passive or anticausative verbs |
via Finnish kokonainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kokonainen | whole, full, complete; entire |
| 2 | Finnish | nainen | woman; lady; first-person singular potential... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | nainen | woman; wife |