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

  1. zenith prism

Ancestry of “kulmaprisma”, step by step

kulmaprisma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish prisma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishprismaprism
2Late Latinprismaprism
3Ancient GreekπρίσμαAnything sawn, sawdust; A prism
4Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
5Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via Finnish kuľma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuľmacorner external point where two converging lines meet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰEvery word from Ancient Greek πρίσμα