Where does “osumakuvio” come from?
osumakuvio (Finnish) comes from Finnish osuma, from Finnish mä, from Finnish minä, from Proto-Finnic minä, from Uralic *minä.
osumakuvio (Finnish): pattern given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun
Definitions
- pattern given spread, range etc. of shot fired from a gun
Ancestry of “osumakuvio”, step by step
osumakuvio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish osuma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | osuma | hit |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |
via Finnish kuvio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuvio | figure; pattern; shape |
| 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 |