Where does “miljöökuvaus” come from?
miljöökuvaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish miljöö, from Swedish miljö, from French milieu, from Middle French milieu, from Old French milliu, from Old French lieu, from Latin locus, from Old Latin stlocus — to put, to place; to locate.
miljöökuvaus (Finnish): description of a milieu
Definitions
- description of a milieu
Ancestry of “miljöökuvaus”, step by step
miljöökuvaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish miljöö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | miljöö | milieu |
| 2 | Swedish | miljö | environment |
| 3 | French | milieu | middle; center; setting; environment;... |
| 4 | Middle French | milieu | — |
| 5 | Old French | milliu | — |
| 6 | Old French | lieu | — |
| 7 | Latin | locus | place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the... |
| 8 | Old Latin | stlocus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | stlokos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stel- | to put, to place; to locate |
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 |