Where does “kuvalähetin” come from?
kuvalähetin (Finnish) comes from Finnish lähetin, from Finnish lähettää, from Finnish -ttaa, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
kuvalähetin (Finnish): picture transmitter
Definitions
- picture transmitter
Ancestry of “kuvalähetin”, step by step
kuvalähetin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lähetin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lähetin | transmitter; First-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | lähettää | to send; to dispatch; to ship |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish kuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |