Where does “maisemakuvaus” come from?
maisemakuvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish maisema, from Finnish mainen, from Finnish maa, from Proto-Finnic maa, from Proto-Uralic mëxe, from Proto-Indo-European meǵh₂s — great.
maisemakuvaus (Finnish): landscape photography; landscape description
Definitions
- landscape photography; landscape description
Ancestry of “maisemakuvaus”, step by step
maisemakuvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maisema
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maisema | landscape, view |
| 2 | Finnish | mainen | worldly |
| 3 | Finnish | maa | earth; soil; land |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | maa | earth, ground, soil; land, country |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | mëxe | earth, land |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵh₂s | great |
via Finnish kuvaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuvaus | description; depiction, portrayal; shooting |
| 2 | Finnish | kuvata | to picture, portray, represent; to describe,... |
| 3 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |