Where does “persoonapääte” come from?
persoonapääte (Finnish) comes from Finnish persoona, from Norwegian Bokmål person, from Latin persōna, from Etruscan 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖, from Ancient Greek πρόσωπον, from Ancient Greek ὤψ, from Proto-Hellenic ókʷs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ókʷs — to see; eye.
persoonapääte (Finnish): personal suffix
Definitions
- personal suffix
Ancestry of “persoonapääte”, step by step
persoonapääte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish persoona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | persoona | person, grammatical person; personality; person |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | person | a person |
| 3 | Latin | persōna | mask |
| 4 | Etruscan | 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 | a mask; a masked individual, often performing in... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πρόσωπον | face, visage, countenance; front; mask |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὤψ | to the eye; in the face; eye |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | ókʷs | eye |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ókʷs | eye |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |