Where does “mikrofilmaus” come from?
mikrofilmaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mikrofilmata, from Finnish filmata, from Finnish filmi, from English Film, from Russian фильм, from English film, from Middle English filme, from Old English filmen.
mikrofilmaus (Finnish): microfilming
Ancestry of “mikrofilmaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | mikrofilmata | To microfilm |
| 2 | Finnish | filmata | to film; to put on airs, to be affected; to fake |
| 3 | Finnish | filmi | film; movie |
| 4 | English | Film | — |
| 5 | Russian | фильм | film, movie |
| 6 | English | film | A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a... |
| 7 | Middle English | filme | film, membrane |
| 8 | Old English | filmen | membrane; caul; foreskin |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *filmīn- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *filmīn- | — |