Where does “kuvanlukija” come from?
kuvanlukija (Finnish) comes from Finnish lukija, from Ingrian lukkia, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
kuvanlukija (Finnish): scanner
Ancestry of “kuvanlukija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | lukija | reader |
| 2 | Ingrian | lukkia | — |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |