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
- 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
| 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 |
via Finnish mustavalkoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mustavalkoinen | black-and-white, monochrome; black and white |
| 2 | Finnish | valkoinen | white; Caucasian; A white colour |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |