Where does “kulmaprisma” come from?
kulmaprisma (Finnish) comes from Finnish prisma, from Late Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.
kulmaprisma (Finnish): zenith prism
Definitions
- zenith prism
Ancestry of “kulmaprisma”, step by step
kulmaprisma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish prisma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | prisma | prism |
| 2 | Late Latin | prisma | prism |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πρίσμα | Anything sawn, sawdust; A prism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -μᾰ | "suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |
via Finnish kuľma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuľma | corner external point where two converging lines meet |