Where does “menestyselokuva” come from?
menestyselokuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish menestys, from Finnish menestyä, from Finnish -stua, from Finnish -staa, from Finnish saalistaa, from Finnish taa, from Finnish taka, from Proto-Finnic taka — a place behind.
menestyselokuva (Finnish): successful movie, blockbuster
Definitions
- successful movie, blockbuster
Ancestry of “menestyselokuva”, step by step
menestyselokuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish menestys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | menestys | success |
| 2 | Finnish | menestyä | To succeed, be successful, meet with success; be... |
| 3 | Finnish | -stua | Forms translative verbs |
| 4 | Finnish | -staa | Forms captative verbs, i.e. verbs for hunting or... |
| 5 | Finnish | saalistaa | to prey, hunt |
| 6 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 7 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |
via Finnish elokuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elokuva | movie; cinema; in plural also movies, cinema |
| 2 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |