Where does “mustavalkoelokuva” come from?

mustavalkoelokuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish elokuva, from Finnish kuva, from Proto-Germanic skuwwô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

mustavalkoelokuva (Finnish): black-and-white movie, black-and-white film

Definitions

  1. black-and-white movie, black-and-white film

Ancestry of “mustavalkoelokuva”, step by step

mustavalkoelokuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elokuva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelokuvamovie; cinema; in plural also movies, cinema
2Finnishkuvapicture; image; photograph, photo
3Proto-Germanicskuwwôreflection, mirror image; shadow
4Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésshadow, reflection
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

via Finnish mustavalkoinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmustavalkoinenblack-and-white, monochrome; black and white
2Finnishvalkoinenwhite; Caucasian; A white colour
3Finnish-inen-like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from...
4Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
5Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nésEvery word from Proto-Germanic skuwwô
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