Where does “normaaliobjektiivi” come from?
normaaliobjektiivi (Finnish) comes from Finnish objektiivi, from Latin objectivus, from Latin obicio, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός, from Ancient Greek ὀβελός, from Ancient Greek βέλος — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
normaaliobjektiivi (Finnish): normal lens, standard lens
Definitions
- normal lens, standard lens
Ancestry of “normaaliobjektiivi”, step by step
normaaliobjektiivi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish objektiivi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | objektiivi | objective; objective, objective case |
| 2 | Latin | objectivus | objective |
| 3 | Latin | obicio | I throw or put to, towards, in front of or... |
| 4 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 5 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Finnish normaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | normaali | normal |
| 2 | Latin | normālis | perpendicular, square, with right angles |
| 3 | Latin | nōrma | a carpenter’s square |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γνώμων | interpreter, discerner; carpenter's square;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γιγνώσκω | I am aware of; I perceive, observe, know, learn;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |