Where does “pilakuva” come from?
pilakuva (Finnish) comes from Finnish pila, from Old Swedish spil, from Middle Low German spil, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.
pilakuva (Finnish): caricature
Definitions
- caricature
Ancestry of “pilakuva”, step by step
pilakuva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pila | joke, jest; practical joke, jest |
| 2 | Old Swedish | spil | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | spil | noun |
| 4 | Old Saxon | spil | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | spil | dance; game, exercise |
via Finnish kuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuva | picture; image; photograph, photo |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | skuwwô | reflection, mirror image; shadow |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱeh₃w-ō ~ (s)ḱuh₃-nés | shadow, reflection |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |